Ssh Server Security

Change the sshd port from default to 65500

--- /etc/ssh/sshd_config.set.20223      2007-10-15 00:23:07.000000000 -0400
+++ /etc/ssh/sshd_config        2007-10-15 00:24:50.000000000 -0400
@@ -7,3 +7,3 @@

-Port 22
+Port 65500
 Protocol 2,1

% /etc/init.d/ssh restart
Restarting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.

ssh -p 65500 localhost
Password:
. . .
logged out from tong@... at Mon Oct 15 00:25:38 EDT 2007
Connection to localhost closed.

documented on: 2007-10-15