submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by starman@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

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

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[-] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 6 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 years ago

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

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