Way OT: SSH worries

[Kevin Spicer]

On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 15:51, Joe Smith wrote:
> Try moving your SSHd to a higher port, above 2000 or so.  It slows down
> and/or eliminates the script kiddies and the "port knockers".  I've been
> doing if for years with no problems.
>
Or even better (if only a few people have an ssh account) enforce key
based authentication only, (carry your key on a usb keydrive or
similar...).




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