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RE: [suse-security] Openssh + security
- From: "b@rry" <b@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:47:41 +0200
- Message-id: <003301c5fee7$f9549e60$9d6902c4@barry>
> You will also see many people recommending you change the default port
from 22
> to some high port number, but I'm not so sure that makes much of a
difference.
By changing the ports on some of my producton machines, I reduced the
incorrect login attempts in my log down from circa 8-10 000 per day to only
as often as I mistype my RSA passphrase :)
At least this way I can seriously view my logs with a view to noticing
something sinister.
B
from 22
> to some high port number, but I'm not so sure that makes much of a
difference.
By changing the ports on some of my producton machines, I reduced the
incorrect login attempts in my log down from circa 8-10 000 per day to only
as often as I mistype my RSA passphrase :)
At least this way I can seriously view my logs with a view to noticing
something sinister.
B
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