[tor-relays] SSH login attempts

[Sean Brown]

> On Sep 4, 2018, at 9:06 AM, Ralph Seichter <m16+tor at monksofcool.net> wrote:
> 
> On 04.09.2018 14:44, Sean Brown wrote:
> 
>> Using an obscure port only prevents attempts being logged, nothing
>> else.
> 
> I cannot agree with that. What an sshd logs is not determined by the
> port number it is listening on, and the quantity of failed login
> attempts across my servers is measurably lower when using a non-standard
> port.
> 

Ya, my mistake, I wasn’t clear. I don’t mean that sshd doesn’t log if it’s on a different port, I mean that only the worst bots won’t find it, cutting down on the amount of noise in the logs. If ssh is configured correctly (disable password, 2fa, keys etc.) password attempts are just noise.