[HECnet] DECnet over IP

[Joe Ferraro]

SSH to the VAX is just painful (imo)...  I can't imagine what is like on a
PDP/RSX ?!?

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Robert Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:

> >I have about 500 telnet connections per day to Mim, ...
>
>   Put your telnet on a non-standard port.  All the bots and scripts are
> hardwired to standard port numbers.
>
>   I only open ssh, and I use a non-standard port number.  I basically
> never get any break in attempts.  Sure, if somebody did a port scan they
> could find it, but none of the bots do that and the human hackers who might
> be smart enough to figure it out are also smart enough not to care about my
> machines.
>
>   I also only permit public/private key authentication with external ssh
> connections, so trying to guess passwords is a non-starter.
>
>   BTW, do you have ssh for RSX too??
>
> Bob
>
>
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