[H-GEN] Blocking SSH exploits

[Stephen Thorne]

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:06:43 +1000, Greg Black <gjb at gbch.net> wrote:
> In my case, I only allow ssh from outside to one account and I
> am the only person who knows what combination of password and
> key works with it.  And I keep my ssh daemons up to date.

After reading the thread I've decided to take decisive action in order to 
secure my host against the day that I change my root password to '123456'.

/etc/ssh/sshd_config now has
PermitRootLogin no

Stephen.