Why is 22 the default port number for SFTP

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Why is 22 the default port number for SFTP  Is there any specific reason for this

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Why is 21 the default port for FTP  Or 80 the default for HTTP  It is a convention

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Not authoritative  but interesting  21 is FTP  23 is telnet   22 is SSH   something in between  that can take the place of both

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It s the default SSH port and SFTP is usually carried over an SSH tunnel

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From Wikipedia      Applications implementing common   services often use specifically   reserved  well-known port numbers for   receiving service requests from client   hosts  This process is known as   listening and involves the receipt of   a request on the well-known port and   reestablishing one-to-one   server-client communications on   another private port  so that other   clients may also contact the   well-known service port  The   well-known ports are defined by   convention overseen by the Internet   Assigned Numbers Authority  IANA     Source  So as others mentioned  it s a convention

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Ahem  because 22 is the port number for ssh and has been for ages

[ftp] Why is 22 the default port number for SFTP?

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