2. Next he talks about this non-root listener issue. He
claims that you shouldn’t run your SSH daemon on a
non-privileged port because anyone can spin up a daemon
up there. Great point, except you can still do that even
if you run your main one on 22.
I don't think I understand this point at all. What is it that you're trying to say?
Are you sure you understood the original post's point?
[email protected]:~$ nc -l -p 14
nc: bind to source :: 14 failed: Permission denied
nc: bind to source 0.0.0.0 14 failed: Permission denied
nc: failed to bind to any local addr/port
[email protected]:~$ nc -l -p 1414
^C
See the difference?
(Edit: The original blog entry has now been edited to slightly clarify the wording. But the update mostly seems like an attempt to rapidly justify the author's original point.)
Are you sure you understood the original post's point?
See the difference?(Edit: The original blog entry has now been edited to slightly clarify the wording. But the update mostly seems like an attempt to rapidly justify the author's original point.)