possible hacking?

[gboyce at badbelly.com (gboyce)]

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Rich Braun wrote:

> I also have discovered there is more "security in obscurity" than many experts
> think.  By moving sshd to a high-numbered port (instead of 22) I see no
> break-in attempts at all on my system--over a period of years--vs the
> more-typical several dozen per day if you leave port 22 visible.

As a sidenote, most of the computer security folks I work with have no 
problems with security through obscurity, provided that it is not your 
ONLY means of security.

The mistake some people make are things like "I don't need to upgrade my 
broken sshd if I move it to a non-standard port".