Improving your sshd_config
Disable root access:
PermitRootLogin no
Ignore the use of ~/.rhosts and ~/.shosts files (default option):
IgnoreRhosts yes
Always use privilege separation:
UsePrivilegeSeparation yes
Never allow empty passwords:
PermitEmptyPasswords no
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