[mdlug] Setting up a home network

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Michael S. Mikowski wrote:
> Hi Mike:

> Page 48: forwarding of ports to specific servers (e.g. port 22 to your desktop 
> so you can SSH to it)

>>> B.) Access to my home network (specifically mnewman-desktop) via port 22
>>> and 80 from outside the network

Forgive me if I'm duplicating someone else's comment here - I haven't
had time to read all the replies in this thread.

I recommend that you pick another port on your router for ssh, a high
number above 1024, something you an remember (I use my house number).
This will not hide the service from anyone intent on targeting *your
system*, but it will keep script kiddies around the world from beating
on your system with dictionary attacks all night and day, taking up band
width and filling your system logs. With a router like the one described
it would be simplest to forward, say port 2255 on the router's public
interface to port 22 on the machine of your choice. You could even pick
a different port and forward it to port 22 on a different machine, etc.

My $0.02