Re: SSH connections

From: Nikolai Försterling (chat.foster_at_web.de)
Date: 08/28/05 

Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 03:27:23 +0200

>> 4. Better, don't allow tunneled clear text passwords at all.
>
> Errmmm, can you elaborate on this?
>
> I recently worked on securing all of our servers' SSH configuration
> with all of the items you mentioned (except that I left them on port
> 22), but I've never even heard of these "tunneled clear text
> passwords", so maybe I'm allowing them without even being aware of
> it?
>
> How can I make sure that I'm not allowing them?

examine /etc/ssh/sshd.conf for that option 

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