Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:12:42 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Breakin attempt Message-ID: <20111022161242.11803f76.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4EA2CE72.5030202@cran.org.uk> References: <000001cc90c0$a0c16050$e24420f0$@org> <4EA2CE72.5030202@cran.org.uk>
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On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:08:50 +0100, Bruce Cran wrote: > I suspect that these sorts of attacks are fairly normal if you're > running ssh on the standard port. I used to have lots of 'break-in > attempts' before I moved the ssh server to a different port. 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? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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