Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:23:51 -0500 From: Danny <nocmonkey@gmail.com> To: Hexren <me@hexren.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sshd port number ? Message-ID: <addc34c605012413236265f063@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <12318458361.20050124221023@hexren.net> References: <20050124210109.GA14171@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> <12318458361.20050124221023@hexren.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:10:23 +0100, Hexren <me@hexren.net> wrote: > If ssh ever goes down, a user could start his own compromised > version of ssh and do some nasty stuff. The same user could not do > that if the connecting side would expect sshd to be on a privileged > port because the system ensures that only procs running with superuser > privileges can bind to a privileged port. At the OS level (not the SSHD config for example), where can one configure what proc is assigned to what privileged port? I just did some quick searching, but does this documentation exist on the FreeBSD site? Thank you, ...D
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?addc34c605012413236265f063>