On Jan 12, 2008 9:17 PM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 13.01.2008 01:45, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > > 1. One *never* allows remote shell login as "root" -- *ever* -- even > > behind a firewall. One allows only *one* user in the "wheel" group to > > log in to a shell account, and then *only* via "ssh". > > Which is almost as unsafe as using "root" directly. > Except that massive network scans for [EMAIL PROTECTED] (a common attack vector) become useless... -- Michael Burns * Student Open Source {Education} Lab
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