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

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

  • teft@lemmy.world
    513·
    9 months ago

    The story is he asked IANA for port 22. They gave him port 22.

    Why did this need to be a blog post?

    • LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.chEnglish
      411·
      9 months ago

      It’s an interesting story anyway, kind of fun how the early days of the internet people just decided to build stuff and that random little tool from decades ago continue to be the backbone of much of the world. Imagine if all that stuff was proprietary…

      • Opafi@feddit.de
        3·
        9 months ago

        What part of the story are you referring to? The part where he asked for port 22 or the part where he got it?