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<p><font size="4">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.<br>
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<p><font size="4">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.<br>
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<p><font size="4">Other things you could do to make it safer (but
granted a more complicated setup:</font></p>
<p><font size="4">PermitRootLogin no</font></p>
<p><font size="4">PasswordAuthentication no</font></p>
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