12 Dec
2005
12 Dec
'05
06:47
You will also see many people recommending you change the default port from 22 to some high port number, but I'm not so sure that makes much of a difference.
By changing the ports on some of my producton machines, I reduced the incorrect login attempts in my log down from circa 8-10 000 per day to only as often as I mistype my RSA passphrase :) At least this way I can seriously view my logs with a view to noticing something sinister. B