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If you change the port, you are saying you know more than the average admin, and may have more interesting things on your server.
by AndyJPartridge 16y ago
If you change the port, you are saying you know more than the average admin, and may have more interesting things on your server.
- Vivtek 16y agoOK, that makes my brain hurt. (Not saying you're wrong...)
- orenmazor 16y agoonce you get the script kiddies out, all thats left are the mind games people. like the bad guy from hackers.
- code_duck 16y agoI don't think anonymous attackers care what is on your server. They probably want to use it for botnets or spam.
- Groxx 16y agoNot really. Just that you're less lazy. Nearly every SSH tutorial out there tells you to change the port. And if you're less lazy, you're also more likely to watch for strange activity. Which means they're more likely to be caught and kicked out if they try to turn your machine into a bot-spammer. Going for the low-hanging fruit pays off frequently enough to make trying harder extremely inefficient in comparison.
- Legion 16y agoSo leaving it port 22 lets your server blend in with the crowd, making it more secure... by obscurity!