Why putting SSH on another port than 22 is bad idea (2012)

Why putting SSH on another port than 22 is bad idea.

https://adayinthelifeof.nl/2012/03/12/why-putting-ssh-on-another-port-than-22-is-bad-idea/

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Sooo, did this article vanish?

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Haha, maybe the author thought it was a bad idea saying putting SSH on a different port is a bad idea :joy:

Thereโ€™s a copy on archive.org: Why putting SSH on another port than 22 is bad idea

Personally I always change the port, remove root/log-in by password, etc :+1:

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I do too but mostly because I route the different ports to different servers for SSH usage, some virtual some real, lol. ^.^

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