Re:How SSH port became 22
by ars on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @04:31PM
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As an experiment I put up an in-memory server at a random IP, with a root password that was in the dictionary.
It was infected within an hour, and by multiple attackers.
It also reminds me about how there was a time when it was impossible to install XP - you needed internet access to get the latest patches, but by the time you downloaded them you were already infected.
It was infected within an hour, and by multiple attackers.
It also reminds me about how there was a time when it was impossible to install XP - you needed internet access to get the latest patches, but by the time you downloaded them you were already infected.
So yes, they do work.