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Enable Secure SSH on Nginx VPS

Category: Security

Enhance SSH security—a login tweak—on an Nginx VPS—edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config:

Port 2222\nPasswordAuthentication no

restart:

systemctl restart sshd

On Linode test with

ssh -p 2222 user@ip

—expect key-based login Secures hosting—reduces SSH risks