possible hacking?

[kentborg at borg.org (Kent Borg)]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 08:49:40AM -0500, Ward Vandewege wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 08:36:07AM -0500, Rich Braun wrote:
> > I also have discovered there is more "security in obscurity" than many experts
> > think. By moving sshd to a high-numbered port (instead of 22) I see no
> > break-in attempts at all on my system--over a period of years--vs the
> > more-typical several dozen per day if you leave port 22 visible.
> 
> Yes, same observation here. But this might only be a matter of time.

At a former job we had an unmaintained Linux machine with ssh on a
high port, and it got cracked.

On my basement server I have ssh on the regular port, but I use strong
passwords.

-kb