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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."

3 of 307 comments (clear)

  1. Re:screen by StudMuffin · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just use the program screen if you want to get rooted, you mean. The ONLY time I have ever had a box rooted was when I left screen running.

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    Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals... except the weasel. -
  2. Re:See, I made a new word by MRe_nl · · Score: 0, Troll

    LMGT4U;
    http://www.google.nl/search?q=overworrying&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:nl:official&client=firefox-a

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    "Kill 'em all and let Root sort 'em out"
  3. Re:screen by geekmux · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just use the program screen if you want to get rooted, you mean. The ONLY time I have ever had a box rooted was when I left screen running.

    If you could please politely supply the vendor and version of the OS you are running, we would be very grateful. I'm certain I'm not the only one who would like to be running the most secure OS in the known universe...I mean hell, you apparently only have ONE known exploit on your machine. Pretty fucking amazing if you ask me.