[arachne] Re: Arachne SSHDOS interface(s)....

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On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 06:42:00 -0500 (CDT), Rob <robo13@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> glennmcc,
> I would would highly recommend you turn off 'root login',
> as this can be a severe security risk. You can 'su' or'su -'
> once logged in. A good rootkit checker such as rkhunter or
> chkroootkit would give warnings of this. I'm assuming if
> you are running Slackware, you are using OpenSSH, so in
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config change the line
> 'PermitRootLogin Yes' to
> 'PermitRootLogin no'
> Then restart your sshd daeman with
> '/etc/rc.d/rc.sshd restart' at the commandline.
> BTW if you have 'screen' on your 'nix box, you can easily
> run multiple programs on the remote host.

Rob,

Thanks for the tip.

I'll make that change to the sshd_config files on all of my Linux computers.



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