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		swombat on Sept 5, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Three locks for your SSH door If there is a 0-day or unreleased SSH vulnerability, your login security doesn't matter. In those cases, it helps if the s'kiddies skipped your site altogether because they couldn't be bothered to wait to find where your ssh port is.

thaumaturgy on Sept 5, 2010 [–]

Ah, thanks. That's a big if, but it has happened, so it makes some sense.

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