On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 10:08 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Timothy Murphy writes: > > > What is the safest way of allowing access to a home system > > from a remote computer? > > I am running Fedora-6 and shorewall. > > > > Any advice or suggestions gratefully received. > > Run ssh on a non-default port. > > Turn off passwords. Use ssh certificates. > There is something wrong with just saying use ssh. One assumes that the home machines are masqueraded behind a router. It seems to me that one must configure that all packets arriving at the router address be routed to a particular home machine address. -- ======================================================================= Rebellion lay in his way, and he found it. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry IV" ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
