These things are far too hard

This is very simple, but I’ve seen a massive reduction in brute force attempts simply by changing the default port for SSH connections.

It’s pretty simple to change the default port:

Just edit the SSH configuration file, normally this will be found in /etc/ssh or /usr/local/etc/ssh.

To change it over, edit the line that reads “Port 22″ or “#Port 22″ to a different port number and then restart SSH.