[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program Announced.

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 7/3/19 4:02 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <qfib3t$qqf$2 at dont-email.me>,
> =?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>
> writes:
> 
>> Yes, the non-standard port might the core issue here...
>> And why use a non-standard port? To block/confuse port scanners?
> 
> Perhaps.  ALL the standard ports are CONSTANTLY probed on any system
> exposed to the internet.
> 

I never understood this non-standard port thing.  The bad guys
find it the first time they scan your host and people who might
have a legitimate reason to connect can't because they have no
idea where the service actually is.

bill