20 Jan
2006
20 Jan
'06
7:24 p.m.
I changed the port from 22 to a random high port (> 1024) and disabled root login with passwords in /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
PermitRootLogin without-password
Since doing these, I've had zero problems with dictionary attacks and the like.
I've had a page bookmarked since forever ago, that explains keys: http://mah.everybody.org/docs/ssh
-Ben
On Monday 16 January 2006 07:40, Jim Perrin wrote:
Alternatively, changing the port, and/or requiring ssh keys for authentication are excellent at eliminating this type of junk.
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