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It occurred to me that if you want to multiply the number of necessary guesses by running sshd on an alternate port, you'd need to run multiple sshds. (Of cour
by cpressey 14y ago
It occurred to me that if you want to multiply the number of necessary guesses by running sshd on an alternate port, you'd need to run multiple sshds. (Of course all but one of these sshds should be decoys.) Doubling the number of sshds is then like adding one bit to the password.
- xyzzy123 14y agoI'm not sure I completely understand you, but I think the original author was referring to: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortKnocking https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortKnocking
- cynwoody 14y agoThe likely result of that would be that a smart hacker would cross you off his IP list upon discovering you are running a bunch of sshds. After all, if you are devious enough to do that, it's unlikely your real sshd will fall to his script in any case. You are a waste of bandwidth better spent chasing low-hanging fruit.