OT (way ot, port numbers, security, and other things)

Craig Retief (CSFS) craig at csfs.co.za
Wed Apr 12 08:29:25 IST 2006


>BB wrote:
>> Why ?
>> 
>> That's called security by obscurity.  It doesn't work.
>> 
>> Nmap would finger that out in no time.

>Using SSH w/o password authentication - using strictly rsa-keys,
>disabing root login... I think this would be a better approach. Just my
>two cents..

This is more like a few thousands worth of "cents" (Dollars/Pounds/etc) to
some people that don't even know that ssh can be tightened up.

And that is my 2 cents ;-)

Craig




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