If you allow Secure Shell (SSH) connections on your Linux servers, you know those servers can be vulnerable to brute force attacks. There are a number of ways you can protect yourself from such ...

In conjunction with fail2ban, SSH key authentication is a great way to prevent unwanted SSH logins. And there you have it -- five easy ways of securing SSH on both your Linux desktops and servers.

Linux SSH servers, in particular, stand out to cyberattackers. Their ability to provide remote command-line access positions them as essential conduits for controlling and managing server operations.

How to enable SSH on Ubuntu . By default, Ubuntu can use SSH to connect to other devices but to use the same protocol to connect to your Ubuntu installation, we'll need to get the SSH server up ...

Before initiating an SSH connection, you need to gather some vital information: the IP address or hostname of the Linux server you're connecting to, the port number, and your username. Open PuTTY and ...

A handy tool called Parallel-SSH makes that possible. With Parallel-SSH, you can run a list of commands on a list of Linux machines at once, which could be a boon for admins working with numerous ...

Using SSH to set up a SOCKS proxy is a powerful and quick way to route your internet traffic securely through a remote server ...

The Unix/Linux Bash security hole can be deadly to your servers. Here's what you need to worry about, how to see if you can be attacked, and what to do if your shields are down.

To install SSH, I entered the following commands to gain root privileges, get the latest package list, install openssh-server, and then checked the status of the SSH server (Figure 1), which indicated ...