Re: openssh concerns

2009-10-05 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg - VE6BBM/VE7TFX
> Granted, if somebody is not specifically targeting you and is just scanning > ranges to find sshd on 22 they will pass you right up since that port will > be closed. The port change was intended only to avoid the port scanners. ___ freebsd-security@fr

Re: openssh concerns

2009-10-05 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg - VE6BBM/VE7TFX
> Personally I tend to either firewall the OpenSSH daemon, or leave it > wide open. I don't really see the point in changing ports, as long as > they are still publicly available. The ssh bots only seem to probe port 22. In well over a year of running my ssh servers on a different (very low n