Submission + - Do you keep SSH sessions active? Or reconnect. 1
borjonx writes: Is it safer to log out of an SSH session, and re-establish it later, or just keep the connection open? Like many of you, I use OpenSSH to connect to my slackware LiNUX boxes remotely from LiNUX & WinXP (putty.exe) clients. At home & at work, I wonder if it would be safer to just leave the connection open (my clients are physically secured, the servers limit connections with hosts.allow).
Is it more secure to re-establish the connection over an insecure link (big bad internet) where people can sniff that handshaking, or is it more secure to just remain connected? I connect 1 to 4 times per day, most all days.
Is it more secure to re-establish the connection over an insecure link (big bad internet) where people can sniff that handshaking, or is it more secure to just remain connected? I connect 1 to 4 times per day, most all days.
Worried about nothing (Score:2)
As long as you don't accept an unexpected certificate change, you're worried about nothing.
By the way, you might find sshagentd helpful for returning to where you were if your ssh session is disrupted:
http://bill.herrin.us/freebies/ [herrin.us]