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saagarjha
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Probably not. I doubt I’ve used a port that high.
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Yetanfou
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Why not? I regularly use 5-digit ports - 3-digit prefix plus 2-digit 'official' port - for various systems which reside behind a NATting router.
the_mitsuhiko
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I'm pretty sure it's generally not advisable to use ports this high since they are used for other purposes.
Avamander
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All purposes are equally as valid on unallocated port ranges. Inconfigurable port ranges with no fallback when those ports are in use is bad design.
user5994461
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High port numbers, above 30000 usually, are ephemeral ports and get pre-empted by the system. They're not safe to listen to for server applications.
syncsynchalt
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Ports <1024 require root access to bind, so on a multi-user system it would be insecure to run ssh on such a high port.
(Granted, multi-user hosts are very rare nowadays).
codegladiator
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Isn't 8080 used almost everywhere ?
rimliu
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8080 < 8192
desdiv
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8080 is less than 8192. This bug only happens when the port is _higher_ than 8192.
codegladiator
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sorry my bad what was i thinking
Yeri
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Not for SSH. Common alternate SSH ports are 222 or 2222 which are well below.
SteveNuts
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For webservers sometimes, never seen that used for ssh.
bni
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443 to pass the stupid corporate firewall. I used that once 15 years ago anyway.
saagarjha
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< 8192, and that’s mostly the alternate HTTP port.
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