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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Barrett, Richard E. Silverman, Robert G. Byrnes
May 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
666 pages
21h 5m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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What SSH Is Not

Although SSH stands for Secure Shell, it is not a true shell in the sense of the Unix Bourne shell and C shell. It is not a command interpreter, nor does it provide wildcard expansion, command history, and so forth. Rather, SSH creates a channel for running a shell on a remote computer, with end-to-end encryption between the two systems.

SSH is also not a complete security solution—but then, nothing is. It won’t protect computers from active break-in attempts or denial-of-service attacks, and it won’t eliminate other hazards such as viruses, Trojan horses, and coffee spills. It does, however, provide robust and user-friendly encryption and authentication.

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