On 24/10/2009, at 11:26 PM, ML wrote: > HI All, > > With my new firewall in place, it has opened my eyes to how much > traffic gets blocked in a single day and also what are the most active > rules. I get *a lot* of requests for port 22. Look in /etc/ssh/sshd_config You can specify the port there, it's the first option which is commented out. > > How does one switch ssh ports? What is a good port to use? What > ramifications does it have when I need to ssh in? Is it as simple as > ssh user at hots:port? > To specify another port you need to use ssh -p X -l whateveruse IP I don't think there are any ramifications/disadvantages of running the SSH daemon on a non standard port. > Best, > -ML > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos