Changing The SSH Port Without Changing It

For years, on security forums and mailing lists, if you ever dared to suggest changing SSH’s default port (TCP 22) the “security by obscurity” crowd would come out of the woodwork and nail your ass to the Cross of Righteousness for having the unmitigated gall to even dare utter such heretical nonsense. Unfortunately for these dogmatic True Believers, changing the ssh daemon’s default listening