On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 09:41 -0700, James Gagnon wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of John Hinton Sent: February 7, 2006 9:29 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] I appear to be attacking others
I find it easier to deny all and then allow the very few who actually use ssh. But, this can get you into trouble if you suddenly find you need to shell in when out of town. A backdoor somewhere is a good idea!
John Hinton
If its on a network with windows boxes like mine is, I just remote desktop into a windows XP box then I can VNC or SSH into the linux box locally. I was under the impression that using the local network to connect to your linux box was a bit more secure than going through the WAN. But of course, not every linux server is setup on a network where a windows XP box is on the same LAN. Just one little step I do to help security since my server is at home. But then again... one has to wonder how secure remote desktop for windows really is... guess it's a win/lose situation =)
heh - if I was betting on security ... I would do the opposite. Allow secure access to the linux box (NX/FreeNX) and then open the XP stuff (using rdesktop).
I don't ever let the Internet actually touch an XP box with remotely initiated traffic :)