OT (way ot, port numbers, security, and other things)

[Craig Retief (CSFS)]

>What are rsa-keys ?
>I have a house key and a Honda key only.  Humm.

Googled and answer 1 is a good start:

http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/sshrsakey.html

Hope this helps ;-)

Craig

>On 4/12/06, Craig Retief (CSFS) <craig at csfs.co.za > wrote:

>BB wrote:
>> Why ?
>>
>> That's called security by obscurity.  It doesn't work. 
>>
>> Nmap would finger that out in no time.
>Using SSH w/o password authentication - using strictly rsa-keys,
>disabing root login... I think this would be a better approach. Just my
>two cents..
>This is more like a few thousands worth of "cents" (Dollars/Pounds/etc) to
>some people that don't even know that ssh can be tightened up.
>And that is my 2 cents ;-)
>Craig


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