this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2024
33 points (94.6% liked)

Linux

5351 readers
161 users here now

A community for everything relating to the linux operating system

Also check out [email protected]

Original icon base courtesy of [email protected] and The GIMP

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Ategon
anzo
dwraf_of_ignorance
33
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/linux
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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.

all 4 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Boring story:
22 was free, he asked for it, he got.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

And it was between 21 and 23, two services that SSH was replacing (FTP and Telnet).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Them fins must be doing something right. Linux, ssh... Probably something else amazing I'm not aware of as well!