Security basics

[Lamar Owen]

On Thursday 04 October 2007, Karl Larsen wrote:
>     Right this moment someone is trying to hack into THIS system. The
> Internet traffic shows me this. I am growing tired of the ssh thing
> since I'm a desktop user. This never needs ssh. I think I will turn it off.

And that is the best advice of all.  If you don't need it, turn it off.
-- 
Lamar Owen
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