[Semibug] ssh to host on local network (Marc Mance)

[Marc Mance]

I would not suggest to put that machine directly on the internet with 
defaults.  The second it is with a public IP address, you will see 
script kiddies trying to login using passwords.

At the very least change your port number the daemon listens on to a 
non-standard port. (/etc/ssh/sshd.conf) That will greatly reduce the 
attacks.

Other things you could do to make it safer (but granted a more 
complicated setup:

PermitRootLogin no

PasswordAuthentication no



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