diff --git a/meta-security/meta-hardening/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_%.bbappend b/meta-security/meta-hardening/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_%.bbappend
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+do_install_append_harden () {
+	# to hardend
+	sed -i -e 's:#AllowTcpForwarding yes:AllowTcpForwarding no:' ${D}${sysconfdir}/ssh/sshd_config
+	sed -i -e 's:ClientAliveCountMax 4:ClientAliveCountMax 2:' ${D}${sysconfdir}/ssh/sshd_config
+	sed -i -e 's:#LogLevel INFO:LogLevel VERBOSE:' ${D}${sysconfdir}/ssh/sshd_config
+	sed -i -e 's:#MaxSessions.*:MaxSessions 2:' ${D}${sysconfdir}/ssh/sshd_config
+	sed -i -e 's:#TCPKeepAlive yes:TCPKeepAlive no:' ${D}${sysconfdir}/ssh/sshd_config
+	sed -i -e 's:#AllowAgentForwarding yes:AllowAgentForwarding no:' ${D}${sysconfdir}/ssh/sshd_config
+
+    if [ "${@bb.utils.contains('DISABLE_ROOT', 'True', 'yes', 'no', d)}" = "yes" ]; then
+        sed -i -e 's:#PermitRootLogin.*:PermitRootLogin prohibit-password:' ${D}${sysconfdir}/ssh/sshd_config
+    fi
+}