Comment on Got my first script kiddy

Schwim@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• MightBeFluffy@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  That’s what automation is for

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Or just close off the most common vectors, such as disabling root ssh login, doing key-only SSH auth, and block traffic from regions of the world you don’t need to support.

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    • dallen@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Key-only SSH with fail2ban and I sleep easy a night.

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    • WolfLink@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I got a huge reduction in random login attempts when I changed my ssh port away from the default.

      (Of course I also have actual security measures like log in by key only)

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