pinning ssh stable on a testing system

I run Debian testing systems and we need remote logins. So I want to pin ssh/stable because I think it's more secure than ssh/testing or ssh/unstable. Is that belief correct? Is the following way correct to do it in /etc/apt/preferences? Explanation: manually pinned Package: ssh Pin: release a

chkrootkit "warning got bogus tcp line"?

What does this warning really mean? I got it in the cron.daily chkrootkit output but when I ran chkrootkit -v manually it has disappeared. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How much difference does it make to run ssh on a different port number?

Occasionally people recommend running sshd on a different port number (not 22) to reduce the number of cracking attempts (dictionary attacks). Does this really make a big difference? Anyone have any statistics on it? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

Re: Unbashing the system :-)

> Very occasionally but often enough to be a pain, when there is an initial > problem connecting to the internet, certain scripts hang up. Repeated > attempts fail for whatever reason and "top" shows a long list of "sh" > processes stuck around. > > While I do not know what script is responsib

security question (sshd log)

I found the following entries in my auth.log file: sshd[22774]: scanned from 68.147.18.131 with SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper. Don't panic. sshd[22773]: Did not receive identification string from 68.147.18.131 What do they mean, and should I panic or not? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Known file-sharing client

You wrote: > Hey > Does anyone know a good filesharing program for linux besides xmule? > greets dirk Both available as Debian packages: mutella gtk-gnutella -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]