On Wednesday 15 December 2004 23:29, Geoff Scott wrote: > On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:54:03 -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote: > > Craig Partin wrote: > > Since I have a Windows machine on my net I only open the RDP port > > to allow remote desktop access to my Windows box and then access > > everything else on my net from there. In a Linux only environment > > I would only open SSH as you can tunnel anything else you need > > through that SSH connection like HTTP, X, or others. > > > > Kevin > > I also use RDP. One thing you might consider is changing the port > that RDP listens on > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q306759 > > I suppose a connect scan would still pick it up, but a "lighter" scan > wouldn't raise red flags when port 3389 shows as being open.
I'll second that recommendation. I do the same with my sshd. It's just one more layer of obfuscation... it won't protect you from a determined attacker, but it will tend to keep you off the radar of many 'quick' port scans. -JAC _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
