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It's more of an annoyance. If you require password based login, port 22 will lead to constant attempts that fill the logs. Move to any other port,and you'll s
by axaxs 13y ago
It's more of an annoyance. If you require password based login, port 22 will lead to constant attempts that fill the logs. Move to any other port,and you'll see none.
- Zancarius 13y agoCuriously, that was my primary motive for moving SSH on a couple of servers off 22. It had nothing to do with any notion of security and everything to do with the annoyance of filling up my auth logs with mindless login attempts by dozens of bots. Maybe that's the wrong reason, but irritation can be a decent motivator. :)