Learning Python Networking - Second Edition

SSH service features

The secure shell protocol offers a series of interesting features, which has become the most-used protocol by all users who manage some type of Linux server, either in the cloud or dedicated. Let's highlight some of its features:

• The use of SSH encrypts the registration session, which prevents anyone from getting non-encrypted passwords.
• The encryption keys that are used are only known by those who issue the information and receive it.
• Modifying the key could modify the original message, which means that if a third-party obtains the key, it cannot access the complete message.
• The user can verify that they are still connected to the same server that was initially connected.
• When a user authenticates, an encrypted secure ...