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Re: server security :: user accounts, ssh, passphrases, etc.



Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca>:
> 
>  Well, does the desktop need to run sshd at all, and if so, does it need
>  to listen to "outside" addresses?  If not, and you've deactivated
>  password logins and you've deactivated root logins, you could give
>  anyone the root password and there's nothing listening that will let
>  them into the desktop box.

Good one.


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