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Hardening an OpenSSH 6.2+ Server in Ubuntu 14.04
How To Secure Your OpenSSH 6.2+ Server Relearning Secure Authentication Before we even get started on securing OpenSSH you need to make sure your overall security strategy makes sense. Are you securing actual sensitive information or are you just worried about someone snooping your connection? This tutorial assumes you are protecting sensitive data and require…
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Convert Windows Public Certificate (.cer) to OpenSSH Public Key
If you have a PKI certificate in your Windows PC that you would like to use to log in to your OpenSSH-enabled Linux server, it can be a pain to figure out how to extract the public key from this file and convert it into a format OpenSSH can understand.
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WWPass PassKey, Cisco SG500-52 Managed Switch integration
Overview Process Step 1, Generate a PKCS#12 private key and certificate file This step is relatively straight-forward and you can find explanation of this process in another article on this site: Securing OpenSSH with WWPass PassKey . If you already have an OpenSSH server running with a public key in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys you can re-use this…
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Securing OpenSSH with WWPass PassKey
It’s no longer good enough to just use a witty password for your publicly exposed OpenSSH server! As brute-force systems become more advanced and password cracking times decrease, your server becomes more at risk. A well-known secure solution to this issue is to use Public Key Authentication. This tech tutorial walks you through securing your…