Re: [dev] IRC on Free node

From: sin <sin_AT_2f30.org>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 12:48:03 +0200

On Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 09:47:34AM +0100, FRIGN wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 12:26:52 +0200
> sin <sin_AT_2f30.org> wrote:
>
> > Word, I get something like ~100 attacks per few minutes. I rate limit
> > it at the firewall level.
>
> How effective is it to actually bind sshd to another port (like 1337 for
> instance)?
> Is that a sane defense against those attacks or have the
> attackers advanced in the last few years to to a broader portscan?

Cuts down most of these automated brute force scans. Most of my friends
do that as a first step.

I only use key auth so it doesn't really matter except that it fills up
my firewall logs with crap.
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