On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 03:12:47 -0800 I beatthebastards@inbox.com allegedly wrote:
I suggested the port change because that is what the VPS operators have told me was the first thing to do to avoid being constantly 'hacked' which has happened over and over to me.
Actually I agree that moving ssh from the standard port can be a good idea. Whilst offering no more than security through obscurity against a determined adversary it does at least provide some protection against the mindless robots which constantly probe port 22.
Every little helps.
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