[Catalyst] Re: Encrypt /Decrypt URI

[A. Pagaltzis]

* Daniel Hulme <st at istic.org> [2007-05-19 14:10]:
> On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 12:24:07PM +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> > F.ex., it would be dumb to run sshd on a port other than 22,
> > hoping that no one finds it.
> 
> Not really. I run sshd on my home box on a non-default port,
> because I was fed up of worms running their dictionaries of
> uname/password combos against it, eating my bandwidth and
> driving my loadavg up the wall. I keep the box up to date, and
> my password is non-trivial, so it's not my only defence, but it
> makes life easier for me.

Funny, cause you snipped the part of my mail that said exactly
that:

> > But if you keep track of security advisories, then running
> > sshd on an unusual port may make the difference between
> > someone finding your sshd before or after you had a chance to
> > install the latest patch, thus making the difference between
> > your getting cracked or not.

Regards,
-- 
Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>