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.

  • LastYearsPumpkinEnglish
    421·
    8 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…

    • Rhaedas
      90·
      8 months ago

      True of many things we take for granted now. It would be a different world entirely. Another non-computer example would be the 3-point seat belt that Volvo left as an open patent, saving countless lives over the past decades.