sshd port number ?

[Colin Alston]

Hexren wrote:

>> How does that make sshd less secure if its on a port above                                
>> 1024 ?  
>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.
>  
>
And to note, ports <1024 are what we reffer to as "privileged ports", ie 
- only root, or processes running as root, can open/close/mess them.

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Colin Alston <karnaugh at karnaugh.za.net>

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