In conjunction with fail2ban, SSH key authentication is a great way to prevent unwanted SSH logins. And there you have it -- five easy ways of securing SSH on both your Linux desktops and servers.

To set up SSH key authentication, you'll need at least two Linux machines, one you log in to and one you log in from. I'll demonstrate with Pop!_OS as my desktop and Ubuntu Server as my remote server.

chmod 701 /data SEE: How to Add an SSH Fingerprint to Your known_hosts File in Linux (TechRepublic) Create the SFTP group and user Now we’re going to create a special group for SFTP users.

The SSH toolset is perfect example at how flexible Linux can be. And with the help of a good file manager, you can see how user-friendly that flexibility can be.

If you run a lot of terminal tabs or scripts that all need to make OpenSSH connections to the same server, you can speed them all up with multiplexing: making the first one act as the master and ...

To install SSH, I entered the following commands to gain root privileges, get the latest package list, install openssh-server, and then checked the status of the SSH server (Figure 1), which indicated ...

Over the past 1.5 months since its discovery, the new botnet used over 3,500 unique IPs worldwide to scan and attempt brute-forcing Linux SSH servers. Mirai-based, but different ...

In this case I am using OpenSSH_5.3p1 as a Server and a mix of OpenSSH 5.X ssh clients with my examples. Before I get too far into tunneling I'll say this: If you feel the need to use SSH tunneling ...