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Keep SSH Sessions Active, Or Reconnect?

Posted by timothy on from the lock-your-door-or-carry-your-lunch dept.

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 and WinXP (putty.exe) clients. At home and 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 days."

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  1. Re:screen by cheftw · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I had a car, its colour was WHO CARES?

    Sorry, it's late and you're not interesting or on topic.

    I realise I'm not either, call it irony.

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