Re[2]: sshd port number ?

From: Hexren (me_at_hexren.net)
Date: 01/24/05

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    Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:43:05 +0100
To: Danny <nocmonkey@gmail.com>

    D> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:10:23 +0100, Hexren <me@hexren.net> wrote:
    >> 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.

    D> At the OS level (not the SSHD config for example), where can one
    D> configure what proc is assigned to what privileged port?

    D> I just did some quick searching, but does this documentation exist on
    D> the FreeBSD site?

    D> Thank you,

    D> ...D

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    /etc/services
    http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=services&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html

    But that is only a database. The system does not enforce what binds to
    what port. If the superuser does want <something> to bind to <port> the
    systems standpoint in that is: Root is right.

    Hexren

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