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There's actually a good reason to not use SSH on a non-privileged port: It allows an unprivileged user to bind their own binary to the port when SSH restarts or
by carlisle_ 7y ago
There's actually a good reason to not use SSH on a non-privileged port: It allows an unprivileged user to bind their own binary to the port when SSH restarts or otherwise stops listening.
- nickodell 7y agoThat unprivileged user will not have the SSH host key, which will create a warning for any user who connects, just as though someone had conducted a man-in-the-middle attack. Of course, there are plenty of privileged ports to choose from. https://www.google.com/search?q=random+number+between+1+and+1023 https://www.google.com/search?q=random+number+between+1+and+...