16 Oct
2009
16 Oct
'09
4:18 p.m.
On 16 Oct 09, at 04:58 , Ander Punnar wrote:
I use different port for SSH to avoid hammering. For
example 53412
or 60132 or whatever because bots and other
port scanners really doesn't go higher than 1024 by default so it's
enough to keep away bots and script kiddies.
FWIW, I use port 1022 specifically because it's <1024 and thus any
daemon listening on that port must have been started with superuser
access.
Graham Freeman
Cernio Technology Cooperative
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