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Old 30th August 2008
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Originally Posted by bigb89 View Post
Yes, I agree with vermaden. It really helps if you change the default ssh port number. Since almost anyone trying to brute force the machine, will be trying the default port, but if that person doesn't know your ssh port number, then there's not much left to do.
You can also use nmap to scan all 1-65536 ports of any server, which will tell you what you run on what port.
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