@Juha why not feel comfortable sharing the location of the server? On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 9:44 AM Juha Kankare via arch-general < arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > >
