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What are possible security issues with an SSH daemon?

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I'd like to be able to SSH to my Ubuntu 10.04 office PC from the outside. I am thus thinking to start up an SSH daemon on the PC. What are the security issues, possible glitches, specific configuration settings, etc. I should be aware of? In case it matters: this is essentially for my own use only,…

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The biggest concern would be people logging in as the computer's administrator over SSH. This can be done by brute force if you have an easy to guess password. There are several safety measures that you can take, below are some of the ones I always …

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