On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 10:58 +0100, Gavin McCullagh wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 16 Oct 2008, jam wrote: > > > Security through complexity is dumb and ends up biting you: > > Security by obscurity will probably work against brute force ssh worms, but > is less likely to work where there is a determined attack. > > > My server is on a 192.168. From the WORLD it is only available via a non > > standard port, internally 22 and ltsp is bog standard. > > A portscan and telnet to each open port will quickly reveal your open sshd > to someone who actually wants to get into _your_ system. Perhaps that will > never happen to you? Fair enough then. You are right, of course. Thanks for the nudge. Nobody needs to access out classroom network from outside except me, and I use a secure tunnel (OpenVPN) for that purpose. The router was configured to forward a high port to port 22 on the server to help with initial configuration, but that isn't necessary any more, and I've inactivated it.
Don't need no stinking open ports! > > Gavin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
