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forwarding port 22 safe? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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i want to remotely ssh to my home server, and I was wondering if I could just forward port 22 with disabling password login and use pubkey authentication will be safe enough?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Just waiting for everyone to come in saying you shouldn’t do this lol. Yes, changing the port is a nice little bonus. It doesn’t any extra security, but it moves you out of the way from the automated bots that scan the internet trying recent 0days. You’ll probably see a reduction of 99% traffic hitting the service and the only logs will be real people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (5 children)

only logs will be real people.

There are bots that scan for open ports in minutes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

But then it's blatantly obvious and you can behavior block.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Apparently, the downvoters don't understand IPS.

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