Re: shutting down dictionary attacks

From: Nathan Jackson (c.cured_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/06/05

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To: secureshell@securityfocus.com, LD <ldbugs@hawaii.rr.com>

    It would also be useful to run the daemon on a different port than 22.
    This will probably throw 90% of the people scanning for ssh servers
    off the scent.
    You can easily NAPT it at the external firewall and leave internal
    access the same.

    Just my 2 cents.....

    Nathan

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