Best way to limit SSH to LAN IP's only ?

[Peter Risdon]

Alex de Kruijff wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 01:20:12PM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote:
> 
>>Hi All,
>>
>>Wondered what is the best way to do this ?
>>
>>Do I have to get involved with host.allow / deny
>>or better to use the sshd config ?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The hosts.allow states:
> # Wrapping sshd(8) is not normally a good idea, but if you
> # need to do it, here's how
> #sshd : .evil.cracker.example.com : deny
> 
> Another way would be to implement this behavure with a firewall like
> ipfw or ipf.
> 

/etc/ssh/sshd_config is also an option. From man sshd_config:

   ListenAddress
              Specifies the local addresses sshd should listen on.  The 
follow-
              ing forms may be used:

                    ListenAddress host|IPv4_addr|IPv6_addr
                    ListenAddress host|IPv4_addr:port
                    ListenAddress [host|IPv6_addr]:port

              If port is not specified, sshd will listen on the address 
and all
              prior Port options specified. The default is to listen on all
              local addresses.  Multiple ListenAddress options are 
permitted.
              Additionally, any Port options must precede this option 
for non
              port qualified addresses.



Peter.