Do I need ssh running?

reesee · 01-02-2006, 12:51 AM

Hello

I have only one computer, I connect to nothing, and noone connects to me. Do I need ssh running at all?

Thanks.

Nylex · 01-02-2006, 12:56 AM

It sounds like you don't.

reesee · 01-02-2006, 01:08 AM

Good stuff. I am on Suse10 and have a the suse firewall running along with a firewall router. I am running apache, mysql but don't have the site available to the public yet. I'm not sure if having apache mysql running will have anything to do with ssh or not.

Nylex · 01-02-2006, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reesee

I'm not sure if having apache mysql running will have anything to do with ssh or not.

Nope. You only need the SSH server running if you want to log in to your system (or let others log in) remotely.

reesee · 01-02-2006, 02:11 PM

Great, Thank-You Nylex.

sundialsvcs · 01-02-2006, 03:21 PM

Since ssh is "a shell," with the possibility that anyone who can succeed in connecting to it might be able to try passwords, I would suggest that you stop sshd until and unless you are actually using it.

If and when you do, take the time to study the configuration-file and the various other man pages on this service; don't just flip-on the switch using the configuration as provided by the distro vendor without reviewing it first.

This really applies to any service/daemon:

Know which services you are running.
Know why you are running them.
Understand the configuration-file settings of each one.

reesee · 01-02-2006, 09:40 PM

Hello sundialsvcs

I do take some measures before I knew if i need ssh running or not, like not permitting root login, and only allowing porotocol 2. Now that I know I don't need it running I will disable it all together via system services.

matthalliday · 01-02-2006, 10:01 PM

You won't need SSH at this point in time.

Did you turn SSH on in the install? Suse by default has it disabled.