Subj : Re: Crazy BBS connections
To   : Andre
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Apr 03 2022 15:02:26

  Re: Re: Crazy BBS connections
  By: Andre to dragon on Sun Apr 03 2022 07:44 am

 > > I've been managing and securing IP networks for nearly 30 years.
 >
 > As they say, there's always a bigger fish.
 >
 > The concept of moving to nonstandard ports is dated and not useful anymore.
 > It accomplishes nothing other than making it more difficult for users to
 > connect. For all the people that say otherwise, I'll wait to see all of the
 > examples
 > of exploited BBS systems that were using 22/23.

I think the reason that some sysops use non-standard ports is to cut down on  bots busying their nodes (attempting logins or just waiting to timeout) and possibly denying service to legit users.
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