[aclug-L] Re: Shells

["Koji Hayakawa" <sylf00@xxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discussion-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:discussion-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Carl D Cravens
>
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Greg House wrote:
>
> > If they portscan your machine and find port 21 open are they
> gonna slap your
> > hand?
>
> I dunno.  Maybe you could put it on a non-standard port that's outside the
> range typically scanned.  (Assuming they don't bother to scan ports above
> 1000 or so since services don't typically reside that high.)  You'd just
> have to remember what port number to use.

I wouldn't rely on high ports.  Chart servers, EggDrop servers, etc are
popular in 6000-9000 ports, that they may be scanning for them.  (If they
actually scan them)


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