sshd

[Eric F Crist]

On Mar 2, 2005, at 7:31 AM, Stevan Tiefert wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Eric F Crist wrote:
>
>> On Mar 2, 2005, at 1:53 AM, Stevan Tiefert wrote:
>>> Thanks Eugene, but I can not close myself out with a firewall. I need
>>> the
>>> access to my system over the internet. Am I right that in this case,
>>> only
>>> a good password is protecting me?
>>>
>>> With regards
>>> Stevan Tiefert
>>
>> Steven,
>>
>> Change the port sshd runs on in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.  Once I changed
>> the port, I stopped seeing all those log in attempts.
>>
>> HTH
>> _______________________________________________________
>> Eric F Crist                  "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!"
>> Secure Computing Networks              -Homer J Simpson
>
> Hello Eric,
>
> that meens also to change the port at the ssh-client with "ssh -p ??",
> isn't it?
>
> With regards
> Stevan Tiefert

Steven,

You are correct.  For example, if you were to use 8000 as your new 
port, you would use a command similar to this to connect:

# ssh -p 8000 -l username 10.0.0.1

HTH
_______________________________________________________
Eric F Crist                  "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!"
Secure Computing Networks              -Homer J Simpson