Question about visibility

[Timothy Metzinger]

There's no security in obscurity.  Automated port scanners will sweep your system in a couple of seconds.

Tim Metzinger

From: bind-users <bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org> on behalf of G.W. Haywood via bind-users <bind-users at lists.isc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 12:15:10 PM
To: bind-users at lists.isc.org
Subject: Re: Question about visibility

Hi there,

On Wed, 24 Oct 2018, Hardy, Andrew wrote:

> Further to the original post, as well as not creating a DNS record
> and "possibly" adding robot.txt with appropriate content, as
> discussed, I presume that if I run the http server on a personally
> selected unprivileged port then it is very "unlikely" the site pages
> will be indexed/discovered/etc surely?
>
> Thoughts?

A server on a non-standard port is often neglected.  Its security may
be less well maintained than one that is intentionally public.

That's just the sort of thing that criminals are looking for.  They'll
probably find it, and then they'll attack it.

--

73,
Ged.
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Tim Metzinger
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