I've been using Secure Shell (SSH) for decades. With this remote login tool, I can rest assured my remote machines accept logins securely and efficiently. At the same time, I also understand nothing ...

It's story time here in the Paranoid Penguin. Don't worry—the story is a preface to the nuts-and-bolts sort of stuff you've come to expect in LJ. In fact, there are so many nuts and bolts to play with ...

While our web site is not a security warning site (we strongly recommend subscribing to your distribution's security mailing list), we feel there are two serious Linux security problems of which you ...

Another day, another show of support from Microsoft for the open-source community. A forthcoming update for the PowerShell utility in Windows revealed this week will introduce the ability to manage ...

"non-standard" ports don't harden anything. Tell you what, you put up an SSH server on a non-standard port, and give me the IP address. I'll tell you what port SSH runs on in a matter of seconds.

Topic ===== access restrictions can be bypassed in openssh. Problem Description ===== In some circumstances, the sshd server may not honor the "from=" option that can be associated with a key in a ...

A new backdoor has been targeting supercomputers across the world, often stealing the credentials for secure network connections by using a trojanized version of the OpenSSH software. The malware is ...

On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 12:46:13PM -0700, Martin Siegert wrote: > Topic > ===== > remote root exploit in ssh daemon > Workaround > ===== > For versions 2.9p1 and later set in /etc/ssh/sshd_config (or ...

various other bugs are now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS ...