The SSH-2 protocol supports the following user authentications:
* Public key authentication (DSA, RSA*, OpenPGP)
* Host-based authentication
* Password-based authentication
Note: SSH-1 supports a wider range of user authentications, i.e., the public-key, RSA only, RhostsRSA, password, Rhosts (rsh-style), TIS, and Kerberos authentications.
A True Story One morning a few years back, a group of strangers walked into a large shipping firm and walked out with access to the firm’s entire corporate network.
A good software firewall for home users should have the following attributes: * It’s easy to configure. * It’s frugal with system resources so it doesn’t bog down the computer.
NetBIOS is a Microsoft service that enables applications on different computers to communicate within a LAN. NetBIOS systems identify themselves with a 15-character unique name and use Server Message Block,