Forum: ssh-access-to-the-forge--moving-from-port-22-to-port-522
Posted by: Sylvain Le Gall As of today, the system has an average of 1 legit SSH connection per day (and this is from my own automatic system) and the system bans ~20 IPs per day because of people trying to brute force passwords. These attacks are actually pretty useless because the system doesn't allow password login. Nevertheless, it triggers ~20 mails and this is a lot of noise for nothing. Changing the SSH port will remove 99% of these attacks (tested on other system) and what will remain are actually really dangerous ones (i.e. targeted attack or above average "script kiddies"). So I have decided to change the port of SSH to 522. To use the new port, you need to change you .ssh/config and add these lines: +Host *.ocamlcore.org + Port 522 If you want to connect to the system, you now need these comands: $> ssh ssh.ocamlcore.org -p 522 $> scp -P 522 foobar.txt ssh.ocamlcore.org: Thank you Sylvain Le Gall
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Latest NewsForge migration to a new host, delayedSylvain Le Gall - 2016-10-09 23:27 -
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Forge migration to a new host during the weekendSylvain Le Gall - 2016-10-08 08:53 -
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