openssh concerns

[Patrick Proniewski]

> This will provide the greatest relief against drive-by ssh probes,  
> which
> are pretty much background radiation these days.  Some may decry it as
> 'security by obscurity', but who cares when it works so effectively :)

against script kiddies and bots, obscurity is good.


> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers  
> provides a
> reasonably useful list of ports NOT to choose for an obscure ssh port.

/etc/services is a good start too :)

patpro