ssh alternatives

[Bill Tangren]

Greg Golin wrote:
> Following a discussion on slashdot I would like to ask this list's
> opinion on providing remote access in general and ssh vs other
> solutions in particular.
> 
> So here's the deal. I know most of sshd brute force attempts shall be
> thwarted by running the daemon on a different port. However, many
> existing scripts -- too many to change all of them -- rely on default
> ssh configuration. At the same time, my devs require constant remote
> access to the servers.
> 
> I am currently considering disabling ssh on external interfaces and
> installing openswan.
> 
> What is your opinion on this issue?
> 
> Thanks.
> G
> 

I use ssh through xinetd only, and use xinetd's only_from directive to 
limit ip address ranges that will get a login prompt. Since I don't have 
many users, it works great for me.

Bill