Re: SSH as root

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Paul Bauer wrote:

> I personally don't allow ssh as root but am now curious as to why this

As most things, it depends on your point of view and what your goals and requirements are. One argument is that it could remove accountability from a specific user, as can any role account. Another point is that by allowing root logins, a remote user could perform a brute force attack against your root account. By restricting remote root access, the idea is that you limit your root vulnerability to just local users.

andy

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