[deanhills]

Not really !
Those who are experts in their fields will first do port scanning if Hacker want to attack a server!
So changing ports is indeed the best choice!
For BOT? It will indeed stop
for Hackers Unfortunately no !

Agreed. But my changing of ports was to do exactly as @"Hidden Refuge" suggested. Which is to stop the brute force logins. And it worked for that.

For hacking I hope that my Website is not important enough for someone to want to hack into it. But if they want to, then they will and I'll have to learn a few more lessons. For now my setup is very simple. I don't have FTP or e-mail enabled. But I'm sure for a very seasoned hacker, if the Website is a target they will get in.

Next layer of security obviously is keyless entry. I did that once with my HostUS VPS and locked myself out. Like it worked for maybe a few weeks, and then all of a sudden it no longer worked. Not sure why. I then didn't have a choice but to reinstall the OS and start from scratch again.

For now I'm happy with my VPS 15 the way it is. I'd say the weakest part of it for now is on my side with Vesta Panel. I have to learn how to work without a panel.