ssh Access from the internet

[Jamon Camisso]

Ansar Mohammed wrote:
> I am getting increasingly annoyed with the random bots brute forcing ssh 
> on my public IPs. What do you guys use?
> 

Move the port from 22 to something random but memorable e.g. 2022. 
Install fail2ban, enable ssh key access only, and if you really want, 
setup port knocking.

Moving from 22 and enabling keys only is easiest to implement and takes 
all of about a minute to do.

Jamon
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