Can't connect to my SSH server

[linux-aarhus]

They are my notes on the steps I took to secure public SSH instances on VPS I had some fun with.

[root tip] [How To] Set up your own SSH service

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆ This is a crosspost from my notepad at root.nix.dk which in turn is put together from my old topics from the archived forum [1]dead [2] dead SSH server security When you setup a SSH server on a public IP, your service will be spammed within minutes attempting to brute force your login. Your first task as admin of a SSH server is to secure it. Topic assumptions A Manjaro instance with at least two users, a root user and a user belonging to the %wheel group. A drop-in conf…