Sshd

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sshd is the name of the daemon that implements the SSH protocol on a server. Typically sshd will spawn a shell for an incoming SSH client, or run a single command and return the output (if any). Many Linux systems use the OpenSSH daemon as a telnet replacement.

sshd, by default, listens on TCP port 22, though it will use a random high-numbered port for outgoing communications. You can also configure sshd to listen on a high-numbered port.

On many systems the sshd_config file can be found in /etc/ssh/