@Sandal6823@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.ml • edit-24 days agoWhy disable ssh login with root on a server if I only log in with keys, not password?message-square81fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up199arrow-down1message-squareWhy disable ssh login with root on a server if I only log in with keys, not password?@Sandal6823@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.ml • edit-24 days agomessage-square81fedilinkfile-text
On a server I have a public key auth only for root account. Is there any point of logging in with a different account?
minus-square@BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•4 days agoDoesn’t even have to be the key necessarily. Could get in via some exploit first. Either way taking over the machine became a 2-step process.
minus-square☂️-linkfedilink2•edit-23 days agoyou would need 2 different exploits for 2 different types of attack though. its always good to have an extra layer of “oh shit i need another exploit”. unless your threat modelling includes nation-states, that is.
minus-square@JustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•3 days ago Unless your threat modelling includes nation-states At which point you should have a handful of extra layers
Doesn’t even have to be the key necessarily. Could get in via some exploit first. Either way taking over the machine became a 2-step process.
you would need 2 different exploits for 2 different types of attack though.
its always good to have an extra layer of “oh shit i need another exploit”. unless your threat modelling includes nation-states, that is.
At which point you should have a handful of extra layers