[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program Announced.

[Steven Schweda]

> I never understood this non-standard port thing. [...]

   If you expose a server at port 22 for a while, and then
switch it to a different (non-standard) port, then I predict
that you'll see the difference.

> [...] The bad guys find it the first time they scan your
> host [...]

   Apparently not.  Or else, they only try the obvious ports,
and don't actually scan them all.  I don't know; it's not my
malware.

> [...] and people who might have a legitimate reason to
> connect can't [...]

   Anyone "who might have a legitimate reason to connect"
would know the appropriate port number to use.  And adding
"-p <different_port>" to a command is not a serious hardship.

   Understand now?