Linux (CentOS) Securing and Hardening SSH / Shell Access
Nov17

Linux (CentOS) Securing and Hardening SSH / Shell Access

KB ID 0000881  Problem The following is by no means an extensive list of everything that can be done. It’s just a run though of what I would consider ‘good practice’. Solution Create a user for SSH and Remove Shell access for the ‘root’ user. 1. Connect to the server via SSH or open a terminal session and su to root. Create a new user then set and confirm the new users password. useradd {username} passwd...

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