Remember SSH
Full name: Secure Shell
Memory aid: A Secure Shell protects remote commands.
Verify host keys instead of blindly accepting an unexpected replacement.
Study area: Protocols & logical ports · Batch 2
Relevant study for: CompTIA A+ Core 1 220-1201 · CompTIA Network+ N10-009 · CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · Cisco CCNA 200-301 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline
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SSH — Secure Shell
Provides encrypted remote access and related channels.
Why learn SSH — Secure Shell?
Provides encrypted remote access and related channels.
Where it came from
Verify host keys instead of blindly accepting an unexpected replacement.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): A Secure Shell protects remote commands.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand SSH: Secure Shell.
- Recall this memory aid: A Secure Shell protects remote commands.
- Explain the practical use: Provides encrypted remote access and related channels.
- Explain this distinction: Verify host keys instead of blindly accepting an unexpected replacement.
- Identify SSH in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- IETF RFC 4251 (www.rfc-editor.org)