Re: [opensuse] Results of moving ssh to a high port - Zero script kiddies in a 24 hour period.

David C. Rankin wrote:

Listmates,

Moving ssh to a high port has been a resounding success at completely eliminating the dictionary attacks against my server. And so far, I have not had one single instance since making the change. I don't have any great statistics, but I do have one that shows the impact very clearly. The number of log entries per 24 hour period before and after.

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