There's no security in obscurity. Automated port scanners will sweep your system in a couple of seconds.
Tim Metzinger From: bind-users <bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org> on behalf of G.W. Haywood via bind-users <bind-users@lists.isc.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 12:15:10 PM To: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Re: Question about visibility Hi there, On Wed, 24 Oct 2018, Hardy, Andrew wrote: > Further to the original post, as well as not creating a DNS record > and "possibly" adding robot.txt with appropriate content, as > discussed, I presume that if I run the http server on a personally > selected unprivileged port then it is very "unlikely" the site pages > will be indexed/discovered/etc surely? > > Thoughts? A server on a non-standard port is often neglected. Its security may be less well maintained than one that is intentionally public. That's just the sort of thing that criminals are looking for. They'll probably find it, and then they'll attack it. -- 73, Ged. _______________________________________________ Please visit https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.isc.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fbind-users&data=02%7C01%7C%7C0b805cc1bd334bd7ea4808d639aa77ec%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636759801644561901&sdata=CqjF4k0IMJVEbFnKVPzflLNxc8LyguCF7iSblAfVbLI%3D&reserved=0<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.isc.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fbind-users&data=02%7C01%7C%7C0b805cc1bd334bd7ea4808d639aa77ec%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636759801644561901&sdata=CqjF4k0IMJVEbFnKVPzflLNxc8LyguCF7iSblAfVbLI%3D&reserved=0> to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.isc.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fbind-users&data=02%7C01%7C%7C0b805cc1bd334bd7ea4808d639aa77ec%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636759801644561901&sdata=CqjF4k0IMJVEbFnKVPzflLNxc8LyguCF7iSblAfVbLI%3D&reserved=0<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.isc.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fbind-users&data=02%7C01%7C%7C0b805cc1bd334bd7ea4808d639aa77ec%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636759801644561901&sdata=CqjF4k0IMJVEbFnKVPzflLNxc8LyguCF7iSblAfVbLI%3D&reserved=0> Tim Metzinger 703.963.3015
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