OpenSSH
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OpenSSH is a tool for remote login with the SSH protocol. It encrypts all traffic to eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other attacks. In addition, OpenSSH provides a large suite of secure tunneling capabilities, several authentication methods, and sophisticated configuration options.
The OpenSSH suite consists of the following tools:
- Remote operations are done using
ssh
,scp
, andsftp
. - Key management with
ssh-add
,ssh-keysign
,ssh-keyscan
, andssh-keygen
.
The service side consists of sshd
, sftp-server
, and ssh-agent
.
OpenSSH is developed by a few developers of the OpenBSD Project and made available under a BSD-style license.
OpenSSH is incorporated into many commercial products, but very few of those companies assist OpenSSH with funding.
Contributions towards OpenSSH can be sent to the OpenBSD Foundation.