On Mon, 10 Apr 2017, Paul Heinlein wrote: > I've run such a test for the past three or four years. "Effective" in > this context can have two definitions: > > * does the change reduce the quantity of unwanted probes? > * does the change raise the quality necessary for a successful probe?
Paul, An interesting and useful distinction. > In the case of quantity, the answer is definitely affirmative. Running > SSH on non-standard ports reduced to near zero the number of scanning > probes. > > In the case of quality, changing the port has no effect. Then a port change does provide many benefits without indentified problems. Thanks for the insights, Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
