These things are far too hard » brute force http://leadingedgescripts.co.uk Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:14:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Simple Tip To Reduce Brute Force Hacks Via SSH http://leadingedgescripts.co.uk/computer-security/simple-tip-to-reduce-brute-force-hacks-via-ssh/ http://leadingedgescripts.co.uk/computer-security/simple-tip-to-reduce-brute-force-hacks-via-ssh/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:03:57 +0000 Chris http://www.leadingedgescripts.co.uk/?p=224 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.

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