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drawfloat
on Feb 10, 2022
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SSH into private machines from anywhere using Clou...
With passwords disabled and just using key authentication, is there a big risk of just doing a straight port 22 ssh?
Genuine question, my knowledge of server security is low-to-middle.
hotpotamus
on Feb 10, 2022
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I've seen servers get hit with so many ssh login attempts that it runs out of resources to respond, effectively DOSing ssh at least. Moving it to a high port usually cuts out all the chatter.
mro_name
on Feb 11, 2022
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a risk is server bugs.
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Genuine question, my knowledge of server security is low-to-middle.