On 21 November 2012 15:06, Ted Roche <tedroche@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's worth a little research to understand how SCP and SSH work, public

> keys and private keys and all that stuff. For one of our vertical apps, we

> drop a Linux box into the client's network, and have secure shell access

> into that box, and from there, access to their network, unlimited VNC to

> their desktop screens, ability to do secure file transfers, without concern

> for MS' incompatible upgrades or licensing schemes.

>

Tip: If you're going to open SSH to the internet then run it on a

non-standard port.

My OpenWrt router at home gets hammered with unsuccessful logins otherwise!

Using a physical private key for authenticating can be a good idea.

--

Paul

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