From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 22 16:56:17 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 545C31065758 for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:56:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E98DD8FC1A for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:56:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwi18 with SMTP id 18so6963794wwi.31 for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:56:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.14.29 with SMTP id c29mr1051234wec.13.1319302575942; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:56:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.81.193 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:56:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20111022161242.11803f76.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <000001cc90c0$a0c16050$e24420f0$@org> <4EA2CE72.5030202@cran.org.uk> <20111022161242.11803f76.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:56:15 -0700 Message-ID: From: Michael Sierchio To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Bruce Cran , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Breakin attempt X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:56:17 -0000 On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Polytropon wrote: > Is there _any_ reason why moving from port 22 to something > different is _not_ a solution? > > Reason why I'm asking: Moving SSH away from its default port > seems to be a relatively good solution as break-in attempts > concentrate on default ports. So in case a sysadmin decides > to move SSH to a "hidden" location, what could be an argument > against this decision? Moving SSH to another port doesn't add appreciably to security, but it reduces the noise in the logs. ;-)