SSH Hardening Skill

Secure SSH access to VPS servers by implementing industry-standard hardening practices.

What This Skill Does

This skill helps AI agents harden SSH configuration on VPS servers. SSH is the primary entry point for server management, making it a critical attack vector. Proper SSH hardening prevents unauthorized access, brute-force attacks, and credential theft.

Key capabilities:

• Create non-root users with sudo privileges
• Generate and configure SSH key authentication
• Disable password-based authentication
• Disable root login over SSH
• Configure security settings in sshd_config
• Test configuration before applying

When to Use