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

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Back then, the internet was a thing of trust and cooperation. We got an assigned port number the same way. Current problem: Our company changed over the decades, and I no longer have the email address that would identify me to the IANA as the one who requested that number reservation.