On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 01:23:23PM -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > Also changing the port to a nonstandard port is not a safety measure. Not a > reasonable at least. Unless there is some sane reason (like the network > operator prevents using port 22) keep it!
I disagree with this. Changing the port at least decreases the number of brute force attacks against you, which saves resources (bandwidth, CPU) that are otherwise wasted by the attackers. I understand that you mean "it will not stop a dedicated professional attacker who really, really wants to get into your computer". And that's true. But it does help against the random script kiddies and attacks of opportunity.
