On 26/02/2019 18:40, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Juha, > >>> It's why I keep my SSH servers on a non-standard port. I know it >>> doesn't prevent someone from discovering it, but it cuts out 99.99% >>> of all those attacks, being able to filter out connection attempts >>> to port 22 >> Same. For easy ports to remember, I like to combine powers of two >> (e.g. 25664 (256-64) or 25632). Easy to remember and non-standard. > I go for $RANDOM that's five digits and a valid port number. > To avoid remembering it, I add it to ~/.ssh/config, e.g. > `ssh foo' with > > Host foo > Hostname foo.bar.xyzzy.com > Port 16747 > Well, I have to access my server from multiple computers, including some where I can't use personal accounts and/or don't feel safe saving the location and port of my server to. I do have ~/.ssh/config set up on all my personal devices. -- Juha Kankare
