Any feedback from port knockers ?

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To mitigate the effort to maintain my personal server, I am considering to only expose ssh port to the outside and use its socks proxy to reach other services. is Portknocking enough to reduce surface of attack to the minimum?

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Defense in depth.

Anyone who's certified NET+ or higher knows this.

That video here: https://youtu.be/fKuqYQdqRIs?feature=shared

Does a great job actually explaining a lot of my points. And it is produced by an actual security auditor and researcher. Just because everyone is doing it does not make it a security benefit that matters.