Re:Why Putting SSH On Another Port is a Good Idea
by monkeyspaw on Saturday October 26, 2013 @08:48PM
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OTOH, not running on port 22 prevents you from drive by scans.
You are right that it doesn't protect from a targeted attack. In my experience (10 years as a sysadmin and dev), I've never had a targeted attack -- all the attempts against my machines are drive by.
Having port 22 open can end my IPs on a list of "let's try to break later".
It's not close to a complete solution, but I find it beneficial.
You are right that it doesn't protect from a targeted attack. In my experience (10 years as a sysadmin and dev), I've never had a targeted attack -- all the attempts against my machines are drive by.
Having port 22 open can end my IPs on a list of "let's try to break later".
It's not close to a complete solution, but I find it beneficial.