Re: [PLUG] Putty and firewall piercing

[Stephen Gran <steve@lobefin.net>]

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 07:47:16PM -0500, jeff said:
> What is the (relatively) safest way to access one's home box from the 
> Outside World?  Is SSH safe enough (with nonstandard port and secure 
> password)?

SSH with key based authentication, and disabled password authentication is 
best.  Good passwords are a good runner up, though.
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