Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:37:55 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Breakin attempt Message-ID: <85D6B8A7-9AF6-4188-BC58-F8CBF5ED9E91@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20111022161242.11803f76.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <000001cc90c0$a0c16050$e24420f0$@org> <4EA2CE72.5030202@cran.org.uk> <20111022161242.11803f76.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 22 Oct 2011, at 15:12, Polytropon wrote: > 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=20 >> running ssh on the standard port. I used to have lots of 'break-in=20 >> attempts' before I moved the ssh server to a different port. >=20 > Is there _any_ reason why moving from port 22 to something > different is _not_ a solution? If you run some sort of shell server, or where many people need to login = using ssh, you'll have a bit of a support problem telling people to = select the non-default port. Also, some might consider it security = through obscurity, which is often said to be a bad thing. --=20 Bruce Cran
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