[tor-relays] List of Relays' Available SSH Auth Methods

Tschador tschador at posteo.de
Tue Nov 18 20:55:31 UTC 2014


On 2014-11-18 18:46, Jeroen Massar wrote:

> Hence lets make a little list for clarity in order of "should at least do":
> 
> - Use SSH Authentication
> - Disable Password Authentication
> - Use Fail2ban
> - Restrict on IP address (no need for fail2ban then)

Additionally - with ssh over hidden services:

   HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_ssh/
   HiddenServicePort 22 127.0.0.1:22

there is no need to open any ssh-port. Works very well for my relay
'TorMachine'. No trouble with brute force attacks, huge logfiles and so on.

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