• towerful@programming.dev
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    6 months ago

    But scriptkiddies and automated scans are not a security threat. If they were a legitimate threat to your server, you have bigger problems.
    All it does is reduce log chatter.

    Anyone actually wanting in would port scan, then try and connect to each port, and quickly identify an SSH port

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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      6 months ago

      Automated attacks are a huge threat. Changing defaults shouldn’t be your only security practice but it can significantly help defend a network.