Configure an SSH Connection

When we want to connect securely to a remote machine from within a unix-like system we type in the terminal: ssh root@<server> where <server> is the IP address of our server machine or its domain name. After that we are prompted to enter the password for server root. This is the default procedure for a newly created server in order to connect securely via the SSH protocol through port 22. Let’s optimize this procedure and make it more secure....

July 17, 2021 · 8 min · 1630 words · anestis