Machine compromised

bhiksha bhiksha at merl.com
Wed Dec 20 13:28:29 UTC 2006


That's a very good idea.
Thanks much!

-Bhiksha

Calvin Dodge wrote:

> On 12/20/06, bhiksha <bhiksha at merl.com> wrote:
>
>> > I have iptables on. I also have a firewall box that only lets in ports
>> > 22 and 80.
>> > I left port 22 open to allow me to ssh in from outside, and I have
>> > tried to keep
>> > abreast of the updates.
>
>
> If you change SSH to use a non-standard port (i.e., NOT 22), that
> protects you from the random bot probes for that service
> (/etc/ssh/sshd_config, "Port")
>
> Calvin





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