On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 05:15:43PM +0100, Nick Howitt wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Moving to a different port may well be a sensible way to handle this
> > though, just reducing the number of hits is all I need to do, to
> > reduce the 'noise'.  Security isn't a big issue, there's nothing of
> > great consequence/privacy on the machine, it's mostly a proxy between
> > the outside world and my home machines.
> > 
> > Thanks! :-)
> > 
> I suggest not just moving SSH to a different port. I'd use ssh keys and turn
> off password access. Then you can ignore all these break-in attempts anyway
> as they'll all fail,
> 
Not that easy as much of the reason for having the virtual machine
'out on the internet' is to use it as an ssh bridge/proxy from
anywhere to my home machine(s).  Thus I might not be connecting from
somewhere that has an appropriate key.

-- 
Chris Green


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