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Re:My First 10 Minutes on a Server by qmr on Friday June 17, 2016 @07:00PM (#11926055)
> move your sshd port

Sick of seeing this idiotic advice. Standard ports are standard for a reason. Perhaps one should also change their web and mail ports for "security".

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Re:My First 10 Minutes on a Server by zeeZ on Sunday June 19, 2016 @07:15AM (#11932585)
But those ports are more or less supposed to be available to the general public. You keep those where they're expected to be. Any other port that "does not concern you, move along" is fair game IMHO.

Standards exist so you know where to find the things you're supposed to find, and how to talk to them.

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Re:My First 10 Minutes on a Server by tqkxzugoaupvwqr on Friday June 17, 2016 @07:33PM (#11926182)
He said:

> If you don't like lognoise from ssh scanners [...], move your sshd port [...]

It’s not about security as you claim.

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