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#WINDOWS OPENSSH CONFIG HOW TO#
#WINDOWS OPENSSH CONFIG INSTALL#

This means a remote attacker can make as many guesses of your login credentials as they can possibly push through the network. There are currently no brute-force login protection mechanisms built into the SSH Server, and Group Policies for rate-limiting login attempts are bypassed for the SSH Server service. You can type in one of bash or powershell after logging to switch to either the Bash shell or PowerShell. Note that you’re logged in to the Command Prompt by default and not the Bash shell for Windows.

The first part of the command output is your NetBIOS name followed by a forward slash, and then your Windows Account name. You can find your device’s given name as well as your Windows Account name by executing the “ whoami” command in PowerShell or Command Prompt. You can connect to your device’s IPv4 or IPv6 address, or use the device’s given NetBIOS name. Please note that your Windows Account name isn’t the same as your Microsoft Account or domain email address. You log in using your Windows Account name and either your Microsoft Account password or your local Windows Account password. You can use any standard SSH client to log in to your device.

#WINDOWS OPENSSH CONFIG HOW TO#

Read on to learn how to restrict access from trusted networks and block connections from the public internet.

The Windows Firewall on your device is automatically configured to allow the service to listen for incoming connections from both private and public networks. This will enable the SSH Server Broker ( SshBroker.dll) and SSH Server Proxy ( SshProxy.dll) background services which will handle incoming connections to TCP port 22.

Turn off the Device discovery option again, unless you want this feature (which adds mDNS support to Windows and allows for remote debugging.).

If you’re asked to reboot after the previous step, do so now.

Switch to Developer mode and wait for it to finish downloading any packages.

Open the Windows Settings app and go to Update and Security: For developers.

Changing your device’s security level from regular user to developer mode will have implications for how Windows enforces security policiesīe sure to read up on and understand how this change will affect your device before proceeding. Windows 10 comes with a built-in secure shell ( SSH) server for remote login and command-line access to your files and programs.Ī word of caution: To use the Microsoft SSH Server for Windows, which is the full formal name of the service, your Windows device must be put in Developer mode. This article is now only interesting for historical reasons. Refer to the official documentation instead.

#WINDOWS OPENSSH CONFIG INSTALL#

Update ( ): There are now better ways to install and manage the Windows SSH Server.