Here's a little
script to generate secured SSH keys for ROOT user on your SME... A quick and easy way to get started!
# wget "http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/sgomez/scripts/ssh/SSH.sh"
# sh SSH.sh
Follow screen instructions!
Clientside key will be sent by email to the admin with needed instructions to start.
Creating a strong passphrase is highly recommended... Full version of PuTTY is needed to translate the key file to PuTTY format under Windows...
Be carefull, authentication with passwords is disabled once the key is generated! (You can still re enable it in the server-manager if something goes wrong...)
PS : howto avoid RkHunter's daily warning if ROOT has SSH access?
Edit /etc/rkhunter.conf (no template for rkhunter!)
And change:
ALLOW_SSH_ROOT_USER=no
to
ALLOW_SSH_ROOT_USER=yes