Re:Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork
by ciceryadam on Thursday February 15, 2024 @06:50AM
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https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E36784_01/html/E36870/ssh-1.html from man page:
It is intended to replace rlogin and rsh, and to provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network.
> I wrote the initial version of SSH (Secure Shell) in Spring 1995. It was a time when telnet and FTP were widely used.
> Anyway, I designed SSH to replace both telnet (port 23) and ftp (port 21). Port 22 was free. It was conveniently between the ports for telnet and ftp. I figured having that port number might be one of those small things that would give some aura of credibility. But how could I get that port number? I had never allocated one, but I knew somebody who had allocated a port.
Emphasis mine.
Cheers.