[ale] 300,000 failed login attempts in 6 months!!!

[Jim Popovitch]

2008/8/19 Michael B. Trausch <mike at trausch.us>:
> I keep seeing this said over and over again, and I keep wondering:  Are
> the attackers _really_ that stupid?

No, they are fairly crafty at times.   But, changing ports
accomplishes 2 things:

   1)  It exponentially changes the time it takes to discover ssh target hosts.

   2)  It removes you from the group of low-hanging fruit.

-Jim P.