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Five Essential Tips for Enhancing SSH Security on Linux Servers

Calendar Jul 19, 2022 • User Avatar Brittany Day
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Here are five tips for securing Linux that you can take care of in 5 minutes or less.

 

SSH is a tool I use every single day to log into remote Linux servers and take care of my admin tasks. Without SSH, my days would be more complicated and less secure. That doesn’t mean, however, that SSH is configured to your liking right out of the box. There are a few weaknesses in the default configuration and the way you’re probably using the tool.

Let’s fix that.

Here are my five most straightforward tips for securing SSH on your Linux machines. These tips shouldn’t take you more than five minutes to handle and, in the end, you’ll be glad you took the time to do so.