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The (short) story of how the SSH port became 22. (www.ssh.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by starman to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/9907720

The SSH port is 22. This is the story of how it got that port number. And practical configuration instructions.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

They're in a lot of government networks world wide (I visited them a long time ago to discuss some potential cooperation) - they're technically quite sound, and as bonus them being privately owned and headquartered in small Finland is generally seen as reducing the likelihood of backdoors or similar issues due to conflicting state interests.