Totally normal, make sure to use a secure mean of access like pubkeys, turn off normal password authentication, and optionally put fail2ban and totp[1] [1]: ht

Totally normal, make sure to use a secure mean of access like pubkeys, turn off normal password authentication, and optionally put fail2ban and totp[1] [1]: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-multi-factor-authentication-for-ssh-on-ubuntu-16-04 https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-... IMPORTANT: If you do setup totp, make sure your server is actually syncing its clock with NTP, because if there is a significant time-drift you might be locked out from accessing SSH remotely.