[PLUG] Public SSH server configs
Rich Shepard
rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Mon Apr 10 17:06:57 UTC 2017
On Mon, 10 Apr 2017, Paul Heinlein wrote:
> I've run such a test for the past three or four years. "Effective" in
> this context can have two definitions:
>
> * does the change reduce the quantity of unwanted probes?
> * does the change raise the quality necessary for a successful probe?
Paul,
An interesting and useful distinction.
> In the case of quantity, the answer is definitely affirmative. Running
> SSH on non-standard ports reduced to near zero the number of scanning
> probes.
>
> In the case of quality, changing the port has no effect.
Then a port change does provide many benefits without indentified
problems.
Thanks for the insights,
Rich
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