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  • Install OpenSSH client software

    The openssh-clients package can be installed with the following command:
    $ sudo yum install openssh-clients
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Install the OpenSSH Server Package

    The openssh-server package should be installed. The openssh-server package can be installed with the following command:
    $ sudo yum install openssh-server
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure OpenSSH Client if Necessary

    The following configuration changes apply to the SSH client. They can improve security parameters relwevant to the client user, e.g. increasing entropy while generating initialization vectors. Note...
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  • Configure session renegotiation for SSH client

    The <code>RekeyLimit</code> parameter specifies how often the session key is renegotiated, both in terms of amount of data that may be transmitted and the time elapsed. To decrease the default limi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure OpenSSH Server if Necessary

    If the system needs to act as an SSH server, then certain changes should be made to the OpenSSH daemon configuration file <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code>. The following recommendations can be app...
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