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In reply to whoarethey: Determine Who Can Log In to an SSH Server

Reader ValdikSS on 2023-02-26 at 16:03:

The simplest way to thwart whoarethey would be for SSH servers to refuse to answer if a particular public key would be accepted

The simpliest way is just to use unique unpredictable user and not add autorized_keys for root.

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