[Tfug] Stopping repeated login attempts

[Andrew Ayre]

Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
> On 27 Jan 2010, Bexley Hall wrote:
>>>> Moving SSH to another port would be like moving the door on 
>>>> your house to prevent burglars from kicking it in.
>>> Sure but I don't know many houses that have ~65000 doors =) 
>>> don't think that is a fair?comparison
>>> ?=)?
>> OTOH, you probably don't know many burglars who can
>> kick 1000 doors per second!  ;-)

I would have thought that the "burglars" would have more success overall 
if they scan 1000 servers per second rather than spending (in the worst 
case) 65 seconds scanning each server that doesn't have SSH at the 
default port.

I.e. they would take advantage of the fact that most servers probably 
keep SSH at the default port and not waste time on the few that don't.

Andy

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