full-disclosure - OpenSSH is a good choice?

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From: toddtowles at brookshires.com (Todd Towles)
Subject: OpenSSH is a good choice?

I would believe "Security through obscurity" is bad but "Obscurity in
Security" is good. As long as it is a step in your layered defense
stand, obscurity is ok, but don't relay on it for everything. Which is
good advice for everything anyways. Hide your port but take active steps
to secure SSH deeper, disable V1, use only strong cipher...make
obscurity part of your security plan but not the only step in the plan. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.netsys.com 
> [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf 
> Of Willem Koenings
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 4:37 PM
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] OpenSSH is a good choice?
> 
> on Tue Dec 21 14:54:44 EST 2004, Ron DuFresne wrote
> 
> > the non std port advice is not worth much, security through 
> obscurity 
> > kinda thing.
> 
> wrong. non standard port helps quite well against automated scans.
> most targets nowadays are searched via automated scans. if 
> you are painted red, you get attention. this is first step - 
> stay gray. but if you are already set up as a target, this 
> would not help you. this helps you NOT getting up as target 
> for someone, who just searching some servers for fun - scriptkiddies.
> 
> W.
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