Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:10:23 +0100 From: Hexren <me@hexren.net> To: Kosta Kilim <kopno@sdf.lonestar.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sshd port number ? Message-ID: <12318458361.20050124221023@hexren.net> In-Reply-To: <20050124210109.GA14171@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> References: <20050124210109.GA14171@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG>
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KK> Hello, KK> while reading some mail archives about SSH somebody argued KK> that sshd shouldn't be started on a port bigger than 1024, KK> since ports below that are priveleged ports. KK> How does that make sshd less secure if its on a port above KK> 1024 ? KK> Thanks KK> _______________________________________________ KK> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list KK> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions KK> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --------------------------------------------- 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. Hexren
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