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I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server
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this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2025
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Setting a random SSH port and limiting it to 3/min saw failed login attempts fall by 99% and jailed IPs fall to 0.
I've found great success using a hardened ssh config with a limited set of supported
Cyphers/MACs/KexAlgorithms. Nothing ever gets far enough to even triggerfail2ban. Then of course it's key only login from there.