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Hi Nader,

This is just a hunch:
Look into ~/.ssh/config or /etc/ssh/ssh_config and the AddressFamily directive.
The man page (ssh_config(5)) doesn't tell which one is default, but I can imagine it defaults to IPv4 only...
Your auth.log message shows a IPv6 address.

Cheers,

Cheeseboy

Finally I figured it out. My remote IP was in fact listed in the /etc/hosts.deny, interesting enough, each attempt was logged in auth.log too.

Did you open the ssh port in the firewall?
You might also consider moving the port from 22 to another number, say 2222
As a lot of people are searching for port 22 and trying to break in.

moving the port is a good idea, but moving it to a number over 1024 enables spoofing by local users. Port 666 is a very good alternative (Doom port)

Port of the beast?

Yes. Here be dragons.