ssh on a Higher Port Keeps Out The Bots

I moved sshd from TCP port 22 to a higher port 2026-08-01T23:31Z. I also put the endlessh tarpit on port 22. sshd has not seen a single password guessing attempt since then. The combination of ssh tarpit, and non-standard port works.

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