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+-   Cryptographically hiding TCP ports-> on Tuesday January 08 2008, @09:02AM JohnGrahamCumming

Submitted by JohnGrahamCumming on Tuesday January 08 2008, @09:02AM
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JohnGrahamCumming writes "The shimmer project implements a cryptographically-based system for hiding important (e.g. SSH) open ports in plain sight. By automatically forwarding from a range of ports all but one of which are honeypots and by changing the ports every minute only a user knowing a shared secret can determine the location of the real SSH server."
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