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[nycphp-talk] [OT] SSH security question

Matt Morgan matt at jiffycomp.com
Wed May 4 22:53:51 EDT 2005


Adam Fields wrote:

>On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 06:50:17PM -0400, David Mintz wrote:
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>>sshd is running and this is happening on the port where it's listening (I
>>presume). I use ssh to communicate with this box from Out There, and
>>unauthorized others also attempt to, evidently.
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>Change the port ssh listens on.
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I second this recommendation. All the exploit robots out there try only port 22. The only disadvantage is usually when you're behind a firewall you don't have control over.

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