RE: ssh login protection

[LordInfidel <LordInfidel () Directionweb com>]

amongst some of the other suggestions that have been brought up.

Install and configure FreeS/Wan to accept road-warrior connections.
Once your connected to it over the vpn and get a pvt IP address from the
box,
you can easily ssh into the box over the vpn.

As long as you put in your hosts.allow file the ip of the pvt address, you
will
be good to go.

Then you do not have to rely on third parties for your connections or
potential
key compromises.

JMO

LordInfidel

-----Original Message-----
From: Edmund [mailto:cc () belfordhk com]
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 10:17 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: ssh login protection


Hi,

I was wondering if someone could clarify something for me.
I often ssh into two mail servers from dialup(thus dynamic
ip) at home.

Right now, I specify which IPs that can ssh into the two
machines but for dynamic IPs, I can't do that unless I
go crazy and allow xx.xx.xx.xx/16, which is not very
secure.  But due to the importance of me needing to ssh
to the servers, I've been 'slacking' off the security
and allowing a certain range of IPs (those that I'm
certain are from my ISP at home).
Can someone tell me if this is the appropriate way?
Or do I allow any IPs from sshing?


The reason why I'm asking is that I'll be taking
a holiday and believe I'll also need to ssh to the
mail servers.   I don't know the IPs ahead of
time since where I'll be staying, it'll also be
dynamically assigned.

Is there a solution to this problem?  I don't
want to open the servers to attacks from any
SSH-related issues that crackers would take
advantage of.

Any help appreciated





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