Make sshd (Cygwin) bullet-proof?

From: Hannes Bachmann (sternfahrer200_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/29/04

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    Hi,

    I installed Cygwin along with the SSHd service and changed my firewall to
    allow inbound SSH connections.

    Which steps are recommended to make the system safe against attacks,
    unsolicited login attempts or any other attacks?

    If I look into the Event Viewer, I can see a lot of IP addresses trying
    different user/password combinations such as "root", "admin", "guest",
    "user"...

    I have a lot of personal data on that PC and I wouldn't like to expose it
    to the Internet if sshd had known security bugs.

    Bye,
    Hannes

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