[NBLUG/talk] SSHD on a different port

[Bob Blick]

Thanks Ron!

Cheers,

Bob


Ron Wickersham wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2008, Bob Blick wrote:
> 
> ---snip---
> 
>> So I find that if I change "Port 22" to something different in
>> /etc/ssh/sshd_config (this is a machine running Ubuntu server 8.04) then
>> it seems to do what I want. I can log in at that port number but not on
>> port 22. The port I've chosen is way up high, above 16000, and not used
>> by any other service.
>>
>> Am I missing anything? Are there some services that depend on sshd
>> running on port 22 that are going to bite me in the butt later on?
> 
> hi Bob,
> 
> nope, lots of machines have ssh on other ports as you describe with
> sshd_config.  it does reduce the random login attempts that fill the 
> logs with the inconvenience that you have to remember the port number 
> even when stressed and you _have_ to get into the machine remotely.
> 
> -ron
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