[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program Announced.

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 7/4/19 8:46 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>>> 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.
> 
> Yes.  Within five minutes of exposing a server at port 22 you'll get
> break-in attempts from all around the world, whereas if you put it
> on a nonstandard port it may take as much as ten minutes.
> --scott
> 


If they can find a server on a never used before IP address that
has not had a name assigned in the DNS system in just a few minutes
how long would you expect it to take to find all the open ports?

Does no one remember wanadoo.fr?

bill