[mythtvnz] Open MythWeb access

[Simon Green]

On 03/11/2007, Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz> wrote:
> > I wasn't to worried
> > about security while building the mythbox behind a firewall but I didn't
> > close all the loopholes before DMZing the box.
> >
> > A good idea would be to stop ssh access for the mythtv user altogether.
>
> A safer solution would be to only allow the users that need ssh access access.

Since a lot of people don't have physical access to their mythbox (or
no keyboard plugged in) ssh access is essential in some cases. However
I strongly suggest that if you are going to allow ssh, you use a RSA
key based authentication. Details about how to set this up is in
section 6 of this document:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AdvancedOpenSSH

  -- simon