ssh and priviledged ports

Running ssh 1.2.30 on Caldera 2.3 LINUX. After I couldn’t connect ssh through a new firewall, I discoverd it was attempting outbound connections at lower than ports 1024. SO far I have seen 1023 and 1022.

I have also been told by people that ssh does not use priviledged ports. Well it is on my system!

Can someone tell me if this is normal behavior? Is there a way to force it to use 1024 and up? and would I want to? I need the info so I can configure the firewall.

Thanks!