Re: [tlug] Blocking bad sshd bruteforce attempt

[Evan Monroig <evan.monroig@example.com>]

"Birkir A. Barkarson" <birkirb@example.com> writes:
> I run SSHD on a port in the 2000 range, haven't had a single 
> unauthorized login attempt since I put the system up around Nov last 
> year.  Figure it's always good to stay away from the defaults if you 
> can.  (Security through obscurity perhaps)
>
> BAB

Same here. When I first tried this method I thought it would not improve
a lot, but I was amazed that since I switched to a non-standard port I
had no attack at all (since beginning april).

Evan