Set up your network by assigning a static IP address and opening essential ports (22 for SSH, 9418 for Git). Then, configure your local environment to communicate with the server.

Jack Wallen shows you how. SSH has a lot of tricks up its sleeve for security, one of which is to configure the service to use a non-standard port. Out of the box, SSH uses port 22.

GitHub shifts away from passwords with security key support for SSH Git operations Support has been added to bolster defense against account compromise.

OpenSSH has minted their 9.0 release, and it includes a pair of security changes. Unlike most of the releases we cover here, this one has security hardening to prevent issues, not emergency fixes f… ...