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Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch



On Thu 24 Aug 2017 at 15:44:30 +0200, Rob van der Putten wrote:

> Hi there
> 
> 
> On 24/08/17 15:39, Dan Ritter wrote:
> 
> >As of Stretch, the standard OpenSSH sshd does not support
> >Protocol 1, so there's no particular reason to enforce it
> >by stating Protocol 2.
> 
> I assumed as much. It's just a simple way to keep rkhunter happy.
> 
> >PermitRootLogin now defaults to "prohibit-password", which
> >means that you can log in as root with a proper SSH key or
> >via other methods you have set up, but not with a password.
> >Another useful argument is forced-commands-only, which requires
> >both public-key authentication and a command="blah blah" option
> >in the authorized_keys file, and only allows those commands to
> >be run. If you've got a pull backup system, that can help.
> 
> The alternative would be to reconfigure rkhunter.

You could make a start by purging it from your system. It performs no
useful function.

-- 
Brian.


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