Learning SSH

Explore the fundamentals of SSH, or Secure Shell, and how to provide a secure connection to a command-line shell on a remote system.

Introduction

• Learning SSH
• What is SSH?
• Lab setup

1. Configuring an SSH Server

• Installing OpenSSH
• OpenSSH server configuration
• Managing users and access

2. SSH Basics

• Connecting to a server using a password
• Creating a key pair with ssh-keygen
• Managing and using key pairs
• Client configuration options
• Using SSH client applications

3. Practical Tasks with SSH

• Transferring files with SFTP
• Transferring files with SCP
• Multi-step SSH connections
• Port forwarding with SSH
• Local port forwarding
• Remote port forwarding
• Dynamic port forwarding
• Options to use with port forwarding
• Tools that use and extend SSH
• Securing an SSH server
• Troubleshooting SSH

Conclusion

• Next steps