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		isbvhodnvemrwvn on Sept 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Moving your SSH port isn’t security by obscurity Services like that are typically called tarpits, for SSH you can use Endlessh: https://github.com/skeeto/endlessh

arendtio on Sept 21, 2020 [–]

Thanks, sounds exactly like what I have been looking for and Arch Linux seems to have an AUR for it :-)

jl6 on Sept 21, 2020 | [–]

I'd be wary of doing something that causes your server to be singled out in the attacker's reports, as might be the case if it causes their scanner to hang.

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