Summary

OpenSSH and Tectia are complex and have many options. It is vitally important to understand all options when installing and running SSH servers and clients, so their behavior will conform to your local security policy.

We have presented our recommended options for a high security setting. Your needs may vary. For instance, you might want the flexibility of other authentication methods that we have forbidden in our configuration.

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