Date: 11/04/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: no keywords

All SSH servers on the internet are heavily targeted for brute-force cracking of passwords. Easy passwords can and are often cracked to gain full control over the machine. Here is a simple hack to thwart most of such hacking attempts. Change the default port of ssh to a non-standard port greater than 1024. Most hacking scripts [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/simple-hack-to-protect-ssh-against-brute-force-hacking-attempts/