how to tell when you have a hacker?

[Darrin Chandler]

Mike wrote:

>My password is more complex than a name. (it isn't even a word). But please do 
>share with me how to check if ssh is open, what port it is on, and how to 
>change it..... HEY look at that! sshd must be where to do that. Is all I have 
>to do is change the number by the word 'Port'? (it has a 22 next to it now)
>
>Then there is the line that says: 'permit root login yes' Should I change that 
>one to no? If I do that what will happen to sudo and when I need to log roots 
>account into a termnal?
>  
>

Unless you connect to this computer from outside through ssh then you 
should turn off sshd altogether. The same goes for *ANY* daemons (httpd, 
ftpd, etc). Sshd shouldn't be a problem if it's at all current and you 
have good passwords, but the less you have running the less you have 
open. It's also easier to turn it off than learn the config options.

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