[NCLUG] ssh question

[Grant Johnson]

Jim Hutchinson wrote:
> WOW. Thanks for all the help. I think I get the picture. If I understand
> (espeically what Bob wrote) it really doesn't matter a whole lot what port I
> choose for my ssh server as the traffic will be "lost in the noise" so
> that's good to know. Thanks for clarifying what ports are "seen" and by
> what. That was something I didn't really get. I think I do now. Maybe there
> is a better port for listening than 5151 like some little used service but
> maybe not that important. However, I don't think I want to advertise that
> I'm running a socks proxy so 1080 (normal socks port) might not be the best
> option.
>   
No one sees the 1080 socks proxy.   The only thing anyone not on your 
machine or your router sees is the ssh traffic.