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		dx87 on Jan 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Practical Linux Hardening Guide One reason is because setting it to a random high port allows non-root users to turn on the SSH server if the admin turned it off. Probably not super likely to happen, but it's possible.

bch on Jan 25, 2019 [–]

It doesn’t need to be on a random high port, just not port 22. 222, for example.

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