SSH hardening – Security Blog https://blog.siteguarding.com Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:07:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://blog.siteguarding.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-Logo_sh_last_2_last-32x32.jpg SSH hardening – Security Blog https://blog.siteguarding.com 32 32 Alpine OpenSSH Password Login: Disable It Before You Patch https://www.siteguarding.com/security-blog/alpine-openssh-password-login-check/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:07:00 +0000 https://www.siteguarding.com/security-blog/alpine-openssh-password-login-check/ OpenSSH 10.6p2, released on 5 November 2026, is an emergency workaround for Linux servers that run musl libc without PAM, and Alpine Linux is the named example. If any server that hosts or supports your site allows Alpine OpenSSH password login, maintainer Damien Miller's advice is to switch it off today, before you patch. Key takeaways Do this now: if an Alpine or other musl-based server runs...

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