[PLUG] Public SSH server configs

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Mon Apr 10 15:52:32 UTC 2017


On Mon, 10 Apr 2017, Paul Heinlein wrote:

> I've thought about moving it to an alternate port, and may someday do so,
> but in the meantime I've tried to keep up with best practices for sshd
> configuration.
>
> I recently changed the KexAlgorithms setting, removing all key-exchange
> algorithms based on NIST curves.

> The number of scanners that even get through to the stage of 'Invalid
> user' has dropped from a couple hundred per day to less than a dozen.

Paul,

   Have you considered running a test to learn if changing the port would be
equally effective?

Just curious,

Rich



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