SSH and Telnet ports, tip: change the sshd port

[xiando]

> Thanks for the information.  I run denyhosts, and receive ridiculous
> numbers of these connections to my servers as well.  I ran a quick
> script to grab what denyhosts had blocked, and determined how many of
> those connections were from Tor exit nodes.  Quite a large number!

Off topic, I had a whole lot of login attempts at my servers. I changed the 
SSH port to a non-standard port and I have not seen a single login attempt 
since then. 

Attackers targeting me could easily portscan, but those who simply scan 
numerous IPs for someting at 22 fail.

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