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Re: [cobalt-users] DNS/BIND Attacks



On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Arsalan Mahmud wrote:

} I just wanted to point out that there is a binary named "netstat" which can
} be used to tract a process running on a specific port, so that's the use of
} HIDING the ssh server ?

	Well, I posted the suggestion so I'll throw my personal
theory into the kettle: While no reasonably sane system admin would
rely on security through obscurity, after one has done all they can
do a little bit of carefully thought out security through obscurity
is certainly not going to make a box any less secure.