Hey guys, just wanting to get some of your opinions. Would it be a good practice for me to change my SSH Port and disallow root login for Centmin Mod? Two times today someone from China has made CSF go nuts and shut things down. Any tips and guidance on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
if changing SSHD port do it via centmin.sh menu option 16 which will first prompt for default 22 port and then prompt for new SSHD port Code: -------------------------------------------------------- Centmin Mod 1.2.3-eva2000.08 - http://centminmod.com -------------------------------------------------------- Centmin Mod Menu -------------------------------------------------------- 1). Centmin Install 2). Add Nginx vhost domain 3). NSD setup domain name DNS 4). Nginx Upgrade / Downgrade 5). PHP Upgrade / Downgrade 6). XCache Re-install 7). APC Cache Re-install 8). XCache Install 9). APC Cache Install 10). Memcached Server Re-install 11). MariaDB 5.2, 5.5, 10, 10.1 Upgrade Sub-Menu 12). Zend OpCache Install/Re-install 13). Install ioping.sh vbtechsupport.com/1239/ 14). SELinux disable 15). Install/Re-install ImageMagick PHP Extension 16). Change SSHD Port Number 17). Multi-thread compression: pigz,pbzip2,lbzip2,p7zip etc 18). Suhosin PHP Extension install 19). Install FFMPEG and FFMPEG PHP Extension 20). NSD Re-install 21). Update - Nginx + PHP-FPM + Siege 22). Add Wordpress Nginx vhost + WP Super Cache 23). Update Centmin Mod Code Base 24). Exit -------------------------------------------------------- Enter option [ 1 - 24 ] I'd change SSHD ports especially if on OpenVZ as you're limited by how many IP addresses CSF Firewall can handle compared to Xen or KVM which have IPSET kernel level and CSF IPSET support to handle large number of IP addresses Where possible, I stick with KVM or XEN VPS because of such stuff like this.
I somehow misread the OpenVZ part. lol Thank you for suggesting the port number change. The individual(s) are annoying me. XD