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Re:AWS Tips I Wish I'd Known Before I Started by milkshakes on Monday February 03, 2014 @07:17PM (#7174583)
except that some automation frameworks rely on inbound ssh access to the machines. ansible would be an example of such a framework, in its default configuration at least.
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Re:AWS Tips I Wish I'd Known Before I Started by richadams on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @12:08AM (#7175632)
Ah, I wasn't aware of that, very good point!

The goal of the tip is really to stop users SSHing in just to fix that one little thing, so you could still allow your automation frameworks SSH access and just disable it for users.

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