another random rant:

why the fuck do `ssh` and `scp` use slightly different argument flags for providing a port. `ssh` uses `-p` and `scp` uses `-P` and i am forever mixing them up

@kim One of many reasons why I think "run SSH on a non-22 port" is actually bad default advice...

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@kim Mainly:
- Some SSH-based tools just don't let you set a port at all
- It's security theater - real-world automated SSH scanners can and will just enumerate the entire port space, so it doesn't really do anything to begin with

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@joepie91 i wasn't aware of that first point, that really sucks :o

for that second point, absolutely agreed. in my case i'm only doing this as one of the ports opened is proxied to another box

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