On Thu 05 May 2011 at 20:54:12 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > You could run Debian Live on a USB stick (or any other live distro, > really). Boot your work machine with that, and you will have a trusted > machine. Use that to ssh to your home machine.
I suppose this 'trusted machine' doesn't have a key logger on it? > And follow the advice that others have already given you. Specifically, > disallow password authentication. That is a biggie. Even if you have a > strong password, others on your home machine may not. As already said, > you can use AllowUsers in sshd_config to allow only specific users to > have ssh access. A strong password is no less secure in brute force terms than a key so there is no reason to disallow it on those grounds. You can also be sure you have never left it at home or elsewhere. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110506091352.GH13057@desktop