On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 06:06:34PM -0500, Johann Koenig wrote: > On Thursday January 1 at 11:47pm > Jan Minar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 09:42:09PM +0000, Adam Barton wrote: > > > At least then a script kiddy won't simply find port 22 open and > > > start to bruteforce your ssh password. He has to scan higher than > > > normal to find your SSH which he/she is less likely to do. > > > > This is a ``security by obscurity''; a naive approach that works by > > giving you a warm fuzzy feeling that you've done your homework, which > > lessens your alertness, so you won't ever notice the intruders. > > Plus, a quick nmap scan will discover the open ports pretty quickly.
| % nmap -p 22,10002,1022 mental-graffiti.com | Starting nmap V. 2.54BETA31 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) | Warning: You are not root -- using TCP pingscan rather than ICMP | Interesting ports on 24-161-30-224.hvc.rr.com (24.161.30.224): | (The 2 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) | Port State Service | 22/tcp open ssh | | | Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 6 seconds | % nc mental-graffiti.com 22 | SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 Debian 1:3.6.1p2-10 BTW, noone is going to bruteforce your passwords, it just isn't worth it. There are more elegant and less expensive methods. Cheers, Jan. -- Jan Minar "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed." x 4
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