Safest way of accessing a home computer from outside?

[Sam Varshavchik]

Timothy Murphy writes:

> What is the safest way of allowing access to a home system
> from a remote computer?
> I am running Fedora-6 and shorewall.
> 
> Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.

Run ssh on a non-default port.

Turn off passwords.  Use ssh certificates.


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