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by rualca 1720 days ago
> My favorite is to implement a tarpit while moving the ssh port.

For those who, like me, are unfamiliar with the concept of a SSH tarpit, it's a technique consisting of inserting delays into SSH connection attempts.

Old HN discussion on Endlessh:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24491453

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Isn’t this easily detectable for any malicious script? Just a small timeout and try the next port.