[SSHd] Limiting access from authorized IP's

[FreeBSD - Wire Consulting]

Hi,

Gilles wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have a couple of questions about running SSHd:
>
> 1. I'd like to limit connections from the Net only from specific IP's.
> It seems like there are several ways to do it (/etc/hosts.allow,
> AllowHosts/AllowUsers, TCP-wrapper, port-knocking, etc.). Which would
> you recommend?
>   
You can limit the access using one of the packet filters available,
ipfw(8), ipf(8) or pf(4).
> 2. Although it's up and running, I can't find SSHd in the list of
> installed apps:
>   
sshd(8) is part of the base system, which is a FreeBSD patched version of
OpenSSH. Although, you can find some ports of bulk OpenSSH in
/usr/ports/security.


Pedro