[freebsd-questions] Breakin attempt
    Howard Jones 
    howie at thingy.com
       
    Sat Oct 22 15:25:03 UTC 2011
    
    
  
On 22/10/2011 15:37, Bruce Cran wrote:
> 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. 
Security through obscurity is only really a bad thing if it's your ONLY
security. It doesn't hurt to make things harder for someone in addition
to your other measures (strong passwords, large keys, limited network
ranges etc)....
Howie
    
    
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