if you configure sshd to listen on port 443, does it become an https server? i was just trying to demondtrate: pick any port from /etc/services and try to use t

if you configure sshd to listen on port 443, does it become an https server? i was just trying to demondtrate: pick any port from /etc/services and try to use the name instead of port number. no, it does not work well when trying to use for local-hosting http(s) services. so to address the irony and sarcasm of the messages i was replying to: zdw: It's like someone should make a file... maybe in /etc ... and put short names for services in it... maybe it could be called /etc/services... tolciho: And then they might code up some sort of service lookup tool thingy to use on the train wreck that is the modern web. $ getent services gopher gopher 70/tcp