Comments on: Brute-force. http://semantici.st/archives/13:security Adventures in technology Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:03:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://semantici.st/archives/13:security/comment-page-1#comment-22 John Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:06:57 +0000 http://semantici.st/archives/13:security#comment-22 Odd ports helps, but it feels a bit like security through obscurity to me. Port-knocking always seems like a lot of effort - and I like to be able to access things through SSH from odd places, like my phone, where setting that up might be tricky. Odd ports helps, but it feels a bit like security through obscurity to me.

Port-knocking always seems like a lot of effort – and I like to be able to access things through SSH from odd places, like my phone, where setting that up might be tricky.

]]> By: Craig Webster http://semantici.st/archives/13:security/comment-page-1#comment-21 Craig Webster Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:50:31 +0000 http://semantici.st/archives/13:security#comment-21 I changed the port that my sshd listens on and these attacks dropped off to nothing. Combine that with port-knocking and you're pretty safe. I changed the port that my sshd listens on and these attacks dropped off to nothing. Combine that with port-knocking and you’re pretty safe.

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