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Tips For Securing Your Secure Shell
jones_supa writes: As you may have heard, the NSA has had some success in cracking Secure Shell (SSH) connections. To respond to these risks, a guide written by Stribika tries to help you make your shell as robust as possible. The two main concepts are to make the crypto harder and make stealing keys impossible. So prepare a cup of coffee and read the tutorial carefully to see what could be improved in your configuration. Stribika gives also some extra security tips: don't install what you don't need (as any code line can introduce a bug), use the kind of open source code that has actually been reviewed, keep your software up to date, and use exploit mitigation technologies.
The average person should be more worried about their sexual partner(s) going through their SMS history than the NSA doing the same. I know it's a shock to the ego but very few of us are interesting enough to be on the radar of any intelligence agency. The lion's share of the population is fat and unimportant.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.