Securing SSH
One of the wonderful things about the world wide web today is the ability to have your web servers remotely located. The problem however is accessing these remotely located machines. SSH aka secure shell is by far the best choice for Linux servers, but care must be take or your machine could be left completely open to the crackers, hackers, and script kiddies lurking around every corner. The constant attacks by the scoundrels looking for their next zombie machine can be quite cumbersome and possibly a detrimental drain on system resources. Lucky for us we can take about 20 minutes to secure or linux SSH accessibly server. I have included a sample sshd_config file for your convenience.
Linux Server Secure Guidelines
This article is not meant to be an end all solve all solution for “Securing Your Linux Server” or as some would say it “Hardening Their Linux Server”. The article is meant to be more along the lines of a good set of guide lines. We will cover the 101s of linux server lock down as well as a few advanced tricks that I have come up with through my own experiences. Of coarse I don’t have all the answers but I know that someone out there will get some useful information from this, so enjoy, and remember share your knowledge because someone else has already shared their knowledge with you!
