SSH hacked?

[Kent Borg]

Protect ssh with the following:

1. If using passwords, use long, quality passwords--passwords that are
*not* recycled elsewhere.
2. If using keys, protect your private keys *very* carefully.
3. If offering accounts to others, worry that they also follow #1 and #2.

ssh is a very secure protocol. If you have good keys/passwords, no
script kiddie (or even serious foe) is going to break in with a
brute-force attack. Moving your sshd to an alternate port number is a
silly distraction.


-kb, the Kent who also recommends you keep your system up-to-date.