My First 10 Minutes on a Server

Re:My First 10 Minutes on a Server by treerunner on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @01:16PM (#11910601)

I always change the ssh port to something other than 22. It has always seemed to work well for me for most automated attacks. Perhaps this is not advisable for some reason?

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Re:My First 10 Minutes on a Server by carlisle_ on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @02:59PM (#11911253)

There is a slight security concern to binding it to a port above 1024 in that a non-privileged user can bind to that port and MITM.

Here is a good summary of the different options you have with ssh and choosing a port:

http://serverfault.com/questions/619898/should-i-change-the-...

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Re:My First 10 Minutes on a Server by supbpeerr on Thursday June 16, 2016 @03:19AM (#11914560)

From experience, running ssh on non-default port have mostly reduced automated login attempts to 0, year after year.

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