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On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Alexei Roudnev wrote: > Security by obscurity eliminates all (100%) of this automated scans and > automated attacks. So, having SSH on port 63023 (for example) and seen > probes, you can be 100% sure that someone have SPECIFIC interest in your This is just security by outrunning the bear. The assumption is bears will stop chasing you if they catch a different hiker first. Unfortunately, we now have decades of experience in cybersecurity that this isn't true. It appears to work for a while, but on the Internet bears are always hungry and learn. There are people actively scanning for any open ports running any protocol, without a SPECIFIC interest in your computer. SSH already has a No Trespassing banner. You may just not have a big enough sample to see what is actually happening.
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