My workplace's IT just sent me an email telling me to disable SSH in a VM I have because "according to best practices, SSH access should not be left open" .

SSH is currently in a non-standard port (as they mandate).

How actually true is that?

#sysadmin #infosec #askfedi

My workplace's IT just sent me an email telling me to disable SSH in a VM I have because "according to best practices, SSH access should not be left open" .

SSH is currently in a non-standard port (as they mandate).

How actually true is that?

#sysadmin #infosec #askfedi