Running ssh on unreserved ports

[Tim]

On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 16:07 -0500, Alex wrote:
> I'd like to move it to a higher port to avoid the normal doorknob
> rattling that occurs with ssh running on a public server.

Even with it on a different port, you'd probably want to implement some
firewalling that auto-bans an IP after few failed attempts.  That stops
them from continually trying to get through.

I think there was a package called fail2ban, or something similar, that
did that automatically.

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