Script Kiddies
This morning there were 1331 failed attempts to connect to my sshd over the
course of 4.31 minutes. That's 5 attempts a second. How annoying. They are
getting better though. This time it wasn't full of attempts at names like test
or admin all that much. Actually the majority of them were names, like Jack,
Marcus, and Stacy. I feel confident that the kiddies won't get in, but it
still fills my logs with crap that I'd rather not see.
While listening to
The Linux
Link Techshow where they interviewed
The
Security Monkey it was mentioned to change your default port. I always
thought changing the port was more security by obscurity than anything else but
I tried it anyway. We'll see how much noise it culls from the logs. Perhaps
it's wise to change your default port as a small part of your overall security
strategy. By itself I'm sure that it is nearly useless, but combined with
other things it certainly can't hurt.