how to tell when you have a hacker?

[Darrin Chandler]

Craig White wrote:

>Also, you probably want to make certain that root can't log in via
>password in sshd_config and all the rage now on Fedora/RHEL is denyhosts
>package which automatically adds entries for ip addresses with 5 (or
>configurable) consecutive failed login attempts in ... hosts.deny (duh)
>
>Also, I've found it more peaceful to change the ssh port to something
>above 1024.
>  
>
Unless you need sshd running it should be disabled. For a home box it's 
a pretty good bet you don't need it running. As long as Mike has good 
passwords it's not a problem, but it's ALWAYS good to disable unused 
services.

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