Breakin attempt

[Bruce Cran]

On 22 Oct 2011, at 15:12, Polytropon wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:08:50 +0100, Bruce Cran wrote:
>> I suspect that these sorts of attacks are fairly normal if you're 
>> running ssh on the standard port. I used to have lots of 'break-in 
>> attempts' before I moved the ssh server to a different port.
> 
> Is there _any_ reason why moving from port 22 to something
> different is _not_ a solution?

If you run some sort of shell server, or where many people need to login using ssh, you'll have a bit of a support problem telling people to select the non-default port. Also, some might consider it security through obscurity, which is often said to be a bad thing.

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Bruce Cran