From: Larry Offley (lucullus@shaw.ca)
Date: Tue Jun 06 2006 - 18:25:23 EDT
Michael Sierchio wrote:
> Running a service on a non-standard port yields zero increase in
> security. That was my point.
>
I am curious what you base this statement on. As far as I am concerned
anything that cuts down on threats helps. Would you consider port
knocking as security through obscurity?.
Isn't all security when distilled just security through obscurity?
It is all about knowing, having or knowing how to not need the
requirements to access said service or device.
It is all about raising the bar.
If a zero-day exploit comes out I'm going to be glad my real ssh access
is not on the default port.
Larry Offley
http://security.offley.ca but there is almost nothing to see here yet.
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