This guy has a weird sense of system security if he thinks an SSH MOTD will keep unauthorised people away. Because you know, setting SSH permissions would be too sensible.

fail2ban. and always consider the fact that you are entering a honeypot...

@magicMirror F2B? Why not portknocking? Its better - trust me ;)

@Christian1998 port knocking is more annouying to setup correctly.

Also, there's a typo in 'recorded'... Very professional-looking.

@arminlinzbauer also 'massages' 😂

It's for legal reasons mostly. There have been cases where people would "hack" into systems and won court cases because there were no warningsigns that they werent allowed to be there.

Like previously said, it's for legal purposes only.

But what developer with some self respect would setup a ssh server that allows passwords anyway?

Password protected RSA keys with Iptables denying everything besides your IP is a good place to start.

Everything less is asking to get hacked.

@Zennoe Change the SSH port...those bots just try port 22. After I changed mine my logs didn't have a single entry that wasn't from me

That sounds like bullshit. If I enter a locked door, I can't just say that I thought it'd be okay to go in. It'd be funny if people had to put signs like this on their door to avoid legal burglary.

@Zennoe Disable password login aswell ;)

I had a good laugh at this