A) The comment you responded to didn't claim you're less likely to be hacked, they said it cuts down on log spam.
B) When you talked about just becoming of more interest to non-benevolent places, was that not a suggestion you're more likely to be hacked? Then I think you phrased that pretty badly.
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> elite hacking crew
It was your comment. Not to mention the blog post to which I originally responded to said “ you might not want to put your servers on low numbered IPs “
Step 1, know the difference between UDP and TCP and even a few of the implications
Yep. Party on
You said "the minute you change the port, you just become of more interest" and then talked about places that are less "benevolent" than shodan.
Is being of "more interest" to less "benevolent" places supposed to imply an increased risk of being hacked, or not?