How Secure Shell (SSH) Keys Work

How Secure Shell (SSH) Keys Work

Scott Carter

Fri, 08/05/2022 - 00:05

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How it works

SSH is a type of network protocol that creates a cryptographically secure connection between two parties. SSH authenticates the parties involved and allows them to exchange commands and output via multiple data manipulation techniques. It uses a symmetric cipher system like AES, Blowfish, 3DES, CAST128, and Arcfour to encrypt the entire connection, asymmetric encryption during the initial key exchange process to set up …

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