What is SSH Port Number?
The Port numbers are part of the addressing the information used to identify the senders and receivers of messages. The default SSH port number can be changed to a port number between 1024 and 32,767. Secure Socket Shell(SSH) is a Unix based command Interface and protocol for securely getting access to a remote computer. SSH commands are encrypted and secured in several ways.
How to change the SSH Port Number?
The default port number of SSH can be changed for security purpose. The following steps are done to change the SSH port numbers.
1.Log into the server via SSH as a root user.
2.Run the command vi/etc/ssh/sshd_config
3.Locate the line # Port 22
4.Remove # and change the default port number 22 to desired port numbers between 1024 and 32,767.
5.Then restart the sshd service by running the command service sshd restart