From: Michael Sinatra (michael@rancid.berkeley.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 08 2003 - 05:23:34 PST
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Greg Merritt wrote:
>
> You mean... so you can access the server like this?
>
> [traffic:~] gregm% sftp its.berkeley.edu
> Connecting to its.berkeley.edu...
> gregm@its.berkeley.edu's password:
> sftp>
>
>
> Just turn on "remote login" is System Preferences and that
> should do it.
>
> You might, however, want to edit your /etc/sshd_config as
> described in the workaround here
>
> http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/305311/2003-01-03/2003-01-09/0
>
> to avoid the OpenSSH exploit du jour (sigh).
Locking down sshd by tightening up some of the options in sshd_config is
not a bad idea, but you should first read the response to the above URL:
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/305374
to avoid the OpenSSH exploit du jour hoax du jour.
michael
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