this is gonna be my One and Only public comment about this SSH nonsense

changing your port number is the single least effective security measure you can take. it's like covering your house number to avoid being broken into.

thank you have a nice day

@Jo @troubleMoney @InspectorCaracal Yup. Right after I started moving sshd, I'd see an Nmap on the box, and brute force attempts picked up where they left off. Fail2ban helped a lot.

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