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I always change the ssh port to something other than 22. It has always seemed to work well for me for most automated attacks. Perhaps this is not advisable for

• carlisle_ 10y ago
  There is a slight security concern to binding it to a port above 1024 in that a non-privileged user can bind to that port and MITM. Here is a good summary of the different options you have with ssh and choosing a port: http://serverfault.com/questions/619898/should-i-change-the-ssh-port-to-1024 http://serverfault.com/questions/619898/should-i-change-the-...
• supbpeerr 10y ago
  From experience, running ssh on non-default port have mostly reduced automated login attempts to 0, year after year.