hardening ssh on a public-facing linux server

spent a whole week on ssh and im still not done what am i doing wrong??

reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets

for me it was the router. swapped it and boom, fixed. exact same thing happened to my old thinkpad last month

bump. still happening with server for me :) try turning off the cache first, fixed it for me

exact same thing happened to my homelab box last month. any update on this? fingers crossed 🤞

also lol anyway, back to the actual problem...

omg finally finally got it working, thanks everyone owe u a beer 🍺

yeahhh following, having teh same problem

lol no

bump. still happening with public-facing for me

@byte_forge no. just no. tweaking settings is the answer and u know it 😤

@noah.ferreira every single time someone suggests tweaking settings teh thread gets longer and nothing gets fixed 😤 but hey ymmv

@noah.ferreira every single time someone suggests tweaking settings teh thread gets longer and nothing gets fixed 😤 but hey ymmv

@byte_forge ok boomer but hey ymmv

oof honestly just do a clean install and save yourself teh pain. same issue here on my homelab box. driving me crazy fingers crossed 🤞

anyway, back to the actual problem... :)

btw guys chill 🍿

this... so much this fingers crossed 🤞

@noah.ferreira u keep moving the goalposts lol !!!

long time lurker first post lol lol this thread is gold... dumb question but how do i even check the a clean install

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@byte_forge sure, and when it breaks again ull be back here asking unbelievable but hey ymmv