From: Chris Koeritz <cak0l@virginia.edu>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 13:52:57 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: added note for tighter sshd config
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added note for tighter sshd config
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diff --git a/infobase/configuration/ssh/mods_for_etc_sshd_config.txt b/infobase/configuration/ssh/mods_for_etc_sshd_config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..322fdbac
--- /dev/null
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+
+to increase security on an sshd server, and assuming you have
+registered your ssh keys ahead of time in authorized_keys, then
+this bit goes in /etc/sshd_config (at the end works fine):
+
+##############
+
+# fred mods 2019-02-19:
+# trying to keep intruders out...  this disables password logins.
+# also of course disables root logins, which should already have been done.
+PermitRootLogin no
+ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
+PasswordAuthentication no
+UsePAM no
+
+##############
+