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Date:      Mon, 3 Sep 2001 15:53:51 +0100
From:      "Nonya" <nonya@virgin.net>
To:        "Not Going to Tell You" <luckywolf19@hotmail.com>, <security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Possible New Security Tool For FreeBSD, Need Your Help.
Message-ID:  <044501c13488$3edcf830$6100900a@private.ntl.com>
References:  <F199ECBlGkVf370Skbs00003266@hotmail.com>

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>
> I have 240 boxes running sshd and restricted to our IP address on the
> Internet. We just want to hide the sshd port until we need it.
<snip>
>But by hidding the sshd port,
> maybe, just maybe, we can reduce the number of script kiddies from trying
> sshd scripts.

Running sshd on a non-standard port would probably have a similar effect,
especialy if you choose a port not included in nmaps default scans.



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