Mac Mgrs Mtg-2005.11.16-Enabling and Securing SSH

Enabling and Securing SSH by James Reynolds In System Preferences, in the Sharing Pane, is a simple checkbox labeled Remote Login. Click it, and you have SSH turned on! That was easy. But what that computer has user accounts on it? It is likely at least one user has a weak password and that means you just unlocked your computer to be hacked. In the good olde days, SSH meant security. But googling for mac os x ssh compromise shows many interesting finds. If you have SSH enabled then there are several easy tweaks to make the computer more secure: disable protocol 1, setup user access lists, setup IP access lists, change the default port, and turn on the firewall.