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Printers are spontaneously printing odd "SQL" stri...
BTW port 25 is not SSH, it's SMTP. SSH is port 22.
penguat
on Aug 22, 2012
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Putting SSH on the open internet with port 22 means it'll be readily identified when people scan. Then they might well try to use dictionary attacks etc. - I'd advise against it simply to stop the log files filling up.
aprescott
on Aug 22, 2012
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If you're putting sshd on its standard port available to the Internet, why are you allowing password-based auth?
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