Defense and Network Security

Est. read time: 1 minute | Last updated: July 17, 2024 by John Gentile

Contents

Network Protections
- SSH
  - SSH Tunneling
References

Network Protections

SSH

How to Configure SSH Key-based authentication on a Linux Server
How to Protect SSH with fail2ban on Ubuntu 22.04
- Configure Fail2Ban for permanent and persistent bans

SSH Tunneling

SSH Tunneling can be used to forward certain ports or services over a secure SSH connection. It’s also useful if a local system wants to expose non-SSH services but only has an SSH port open externally through a router. For example, to tunnel Remote Desktop (RDP) to a remote server <remote>:

$ ssh -L 8888:localhost:3389 <username>@<remote>

You can then connect to the RDP session with localhost:8888.

Also you can forward multiple ports in one connection, for example:

$ ssh -L 8888:localhost:8888 -L 8889:localhost:8889 <username>@<remote>

References

Computer Systems Security- MIT OCW
Paged Out! Magazine