On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 02:40:25 -0600 (CST), Ron DuFresne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd disagree in that the tools are getting to be well enough defined that > we are all targets. Best game is to restrict who has access to the ports > being served whenever possible, openssh has a history that makes this a > good service to limit this way. Little need to hide what's not openly > allowed to all. take a recent phpBB worm Santy for an example. worm seaches automatically targets via google - it searches viewtopic.php. if, for an example, you change that file name to something else (and also all the referrings inside the phpBB so that everything still works), then Santy does not find you phpBB as a target. this is only an illustration to my point. i wrote my post because you say "the non std port advice is not worth much". i have lot of cases, when non standard configuration reduces first impact greatly. of course you shouldn't rely only to non standard ports/configuration, but it is not totally worthless - it often helps you a lot. W. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
