On Monday 14 March 2005 17:25, Stan Glasoe wrote:
On Monday 14 March 2005 10:01 am, Leendert Meyer wrote:
Why a second firewall? That make things (IMO) unnecessarily complicated. You have proven that. ;) But it is possible that I am completely wrong about this... ;)
Layered security approach. The small SOHO/home firewall/routers can help deflect curious crackers and malicious bots. Bad stuff doesn't see a Windows machine, they move on. NEVER rely on it but it does help. ... port forward ... For ssh ALWAYS (and probably most other basic services) choose a different external port than 22 and greater than 1024. Its amazing how many hits you get on that once you open it up from automated cracker bots testing what they hope are common UserIDs and if that works, common passwords.
Yup, I know. But never thought of changing the default port (although I knew the possibility). Actually I thought of giving the perpetrators the tarpit treatment.
Stan
Thanks, Stan, much appreciated. Cheers, Leen