-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at 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 =) James