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Re:What SSH Hacking Attempts Look Like by purple-again on Saturday May 05, 2018 @10:02AM (#17001827)
This was like night and day. Non stop constant barrages on the default port, all quiet on the ssh k@ip -p XXX.
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Re:What SSH Hacking Attempts Look Like by yjftsjthsd-h on Saturday May 05, 2018 @06:38PM (#17004263)
I found that setting the port and user in ~/.ssh/config made everything way easier. Also fill in the IP as HostName if you're not using DNS names.
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