Re: ssh'ing to LAN

From: Allen McIntosh (mcintosh_at_nospam.com)
Date: 11/13/03 

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 18:40:47 GMT

In article <r0Gsb.31659$y95.8796@nwrdny01.gnilink.net>,
lupher cypher <lupher.cypher@verizon.net> wrote:
>I am behind a
>router, so I'll ssh to the IP that ISP gave me, but I suppose I'll have
>to also setup router to route requests to port 22 to my box?

Yes. Most home firewalls will let you do this.

If you know the address range you will be connecting from, consider
setting your Linux firewall up to drop everything else. Ssh security
holes do show up from time to time, and people to try to exploit them.
I used to log several break-in attempts per day before I did this.
This also leaves you less vulnerable to assertions that you are running
a "server" in violation of your ISP's terms of service. 

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