CHAPTER 29 Secure Shell, SSH
| Program | Description |
|---|---|
| sshd | Server program - listens for connections from client machines, authenticates the connection and starts the service |
| ssh | Client program - used to send remote commands (rsh replacement) of remotely login (rlogin replacement) to another machine |
| slogin | Symbolic link to ssh replacing rlogin |
| scp | Copy files to another machine (rcp replacement) |
| ssh-keygen | Create authentication keys for hosts and users |
| ssh-agent | Authentication agent - holds RSA authentication keys |
| ssh-add | Register new keys with the agent |
| make-ssh-known-hosts | Script to probe hosts on a network for their public keys. Used to populate /etc/ssh_known_hosts. |