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Re: [cobalt-security] Improve sshd

thanks Paul

if I change in  sshd_config
PermitRootLogin no

Is it better in order to  improve security ?


 > Quoting Fred <journal@xxxxxxx>:
>> Is there any  other option in the sshd config that could be great to
>> change in order to improve security ?

> Yes.  Don't use or allow passwords.  Instead, generate a DSA certificate
> and use that instead of the password.  Make sure the certificate has a
> nice long complex passphrase too.  There is a SSHd configuration option
> that will ignore passwords.

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