[sllug-members]: How does one properly implement OpenSSH?

[Nathan Lane]

Thanks for being understanding Kyle.  I installed OpenSSH using the binary
installer found at http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/.  I believe it only
installs a required part of Cygwin and not the entire package, but I never
installed Cygwin separately..

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Kyle Waters <unum at unum5.org> wrote:

> Nathan Lane wrote:
> > You're right, I am using Windows - and I know it's a Linux Users
> > Group, but I know Linux, and I know Windows,
> I think he was mostly commenting because we all assumed you were you
> were using Linux which made some of your questions seem really odd.  So
> if you want support for free software products in Windows I think that
> is ok, you should just clarify that in your first post, because the
> answers can be really different.
>
> > and OpenSSH is a linux product that was ported to Windows, also, it
> > will be a Linux server soon.
> I think OpenSSH was originally developed on BSD actually, but it is a
> F/OSS program.
>
> > Thanks for the correction - I am installing it, not implementing it,
> > although in a Linux environment I'd argue that most programs are
> > implemented by users because it is often the case that one must
> > compile the program on his own system.
> Really?  I rarely compile the software on my own GNU/Linux system.  I
> use dselect to install software 99.9% of the time.
>
> > Anyway, so I'm going to try removing the space from my user account
> > and see if that works.  Thanks for the suggestions and help.
>
> If that doesn't work you should share with us how you have installed
> openssh.  Are you using cygwin or is there a port that runs openssh as a
> service?
>
> Now as for security a lot of people I know like to use the RSA keys and
> only connect from a few computer that they can copy the key to.  Or they
> carry the RSA key around on a USB drive.  Only allowing RSA keys will
> protect you from password guessing(I use RSA keys in situations where I
> connect between certain computers a lot because I'm lazy and get sick of
> typing the password).  Using a different port will protect you again the
> daily brute force attempts I've seen on against some of my servers in
> the past, but some people will still find your ssh service and run brute
> force attempts(as well as other security exploits).  To protect againts
> brute force attempts, I use my firewall to prevent more than two
> password guesses in a minute.
>
> Kyle
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