SSH on FreeBSD

Mannase Nyathi mannase at cipherwave.co.za
Tue Jan 15 13:20:59 UTC 2013



Hi Guys,

Thanks for your help.

I have managed to sought it out. Will let you know if I require any further assistance.

I have been receiving numerous emails. It's all fine now :)



-----Original Message-----
From: Matthias Apitz [mailto:guru at unixarea.de] 
Sent: 15 January 2013 02:51 PM
To: Volodymyr Kostyrko
Cc: Erich Dollansky; questions at FreeBSD.org; Mannase Nyathi
Subject: Re: SSH on FreeBSD

El día Tuesday, January 15, 2013 a las 02:40:32PM +0200, Volodymyr Kostyrko escribió:

> > In FreeBSD it is in rc.conf
> >
> > $ man rc.conf | col -b | fgrep -i ssh
> 
> In FreeBSD there are two ways of enabling sshd: default, fast and easy 
> through rc.conf and a bit tricky and secure via inetd.conf. Everyone 
> can select their own poison. I personally prefer the latter one.

Why it is more secure via inetd.conf?

	matthias
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