shell() vs terminal re. ssh

[Richard Gaskin]

Monte Goulding wrote:
 >> I also completely disable password login, lock out root,
 >
 > I do that too. Scary when you login as root and see thousands of 
failed attempts...
 >
 >> and move SSH to a non-standard port
 >
 > Hadn't thought of doing that.

At least two or three times a year I do a Google search for "harden 
Linux server", and then walk through the checklists I find to see what 
they suggest and compare with what I'm doing.  Always learn a few new 
things that way.

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