Thread

1. 3dedb728-3f77 · 1785727851 · focus · HN ↗

   Hey, is it not just a simple honeypot reverse hack ssh server?

   People understand that reverse hacking can happen when connecting to random ssh server, right?

   1. bulbar · 1785729747 · focus · HN ↗

      Is that more likely than getting hacked when visiting a website?

      1. jolmg · 1785734001 · focus · HN ↗

         Visiting a random website is the normal use of HTTP. With SSH, there might be assumptions of connecting to a trusted server you have an account with and likely own. It's not very normal to ssh to a random server.

         1. teiferer · 1785737249 · focus · HN ↗

            > likely own

            I don't know how you are using ssh, but most ssh servers that I have connected to in my life, and still do, I don't own. Some of them I barely trust.

            1. QuantumNomad_ · 1785738907 · focus · HN ↗

               The ones I connect to the most often from my personal laptop I don’t physically own but I do pay to rent them and I installed the OS on them myself.

               1. hdgvhicv · 1785751120 · focus · HN ↗

                  The main ones I don’t own are VPS servers from fairly large providers, or GitHub.

                  1. jolmg · 1785766566 · focus · HN ↗

                     When I said "own", I meant more in the sense of personally administering. It's like how you own a domain, but you're really renting it from a registrar. Rented hardware and VPSs count, as well as other servers/hosts you're responsible for.

                     1. teiferer · 1785768753 · focus · HN ↗

                        I got that, and I'm not saying that it doesn't apply to you, but it surely does not apply to everybody.

                        1. [deleted] · 1785769431 · focus · HN ↗

                           [deleted]

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.