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Enable Session Timeout on SSH in Debian VPS

Category: Security

Set SSH timeout—a security tweak—on a Debian VPS—edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
ClientAliveInterval 300\nClientAliveCountMax 0
restart:
systemctl restart ssh
On Linode secures hosting—drops idle sessions

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