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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Security by obscurity is no security.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It is if you are defending against automation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It defends against the lowest level of automation. And if that is a legit threat in your model, you are going to have a bad time.
It's just going to trip you up at some point

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm not saying it should be your only defense. I'm saying that changing defaults is a good idea for secure systems.

For instance, you should change the default WiFi password on your router.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, because a password is security

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

So is changing the port. It won't do a lot in terms of security but it will help a tiny bit