Moving SSH port off of port 22

[Bart Silverstrim]

On Mar 9, 2004, at 2:01 PM, Jason Halbert wrote:

> Hello All:
>
> I need some help moving SSH off of port 22, preferably onto port 23 and
> disabling telnet.  Can I do this just by changing something in
> /etc/services or by means of a firewall?  I have a firewall installed 
> on
> the box and using NAT with ipfw.
>

If you just want to plain move the SSHD's listening port, there's a 
"port" directive in /etc/ssh/sshd_config (default is a commented Port 
22) that you can change what port it listens to.  Altering that and 
restarting the sshd process should have it listen to the new port.

-Bart