Opportunistic port scans of port 22 to see if there are openings will not 'see' yours. SO you become exempt from that potential intrusion. It is a deterrent, but a really easy one to set up.
Here is a sad fact, at least in Murry's Little Book O'Facts. There are NO SECURE COMPUTERS. Just ones that are harder to attack than others. With this one exception; A computer that is NOT connected to any network can not be hacked via a network. It is then only as secure as the physical methods to block unauthorized physical access. Watch the first IMF movie on that one. At 04:07 PM 10/3/2005 +0200, Tarapia Tapioco wrote: >Occasionally people recommend running sshd on a different port number >(not 22) to reduce the number of cracking attempts (dictionary >attacks). > >Does this really make a big difference? >Anyone have any statistics on it? > >Thanks. > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > RbtBotL Craig - ><> o BU SysAdmin /|\ 607 777 6827 ^ Tot Ziens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
