A GIST FOR SSH

SSH GIST

Private and Public Keys
Gaining access to a remote server

1)It is SSH-Secure Shell Protocol to communicate with other computers .It is similar to Protocals like https,hhtp and ftp)

2)Do just anything in the remote Computer (Make files,,,etc)

3)Traffic is Encrypted while using ssh..Used Mostly in Terminal/Commandline..Can also be used in GUI EG SCP...ALSO WITH FTP CLIENTS
Like filezilla


Client Server Communnication
(1)SSH is the Client
(2)SSHD is the server(Open ssh Deamon)
(3)The server must have sshd installed and running or you will not be able to connect using ssh


Authentication Methods

Password
Public/Private Key Pair
ssh user@IPADDRESS

SSH KEY GEN
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE KEYS
PUBLIC KEY GOES TO THE SERVER LIST OF AUTORIZED KEYS
> cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh [email protected] "mkdir -p ~/.ssh && chmod 700 ~/.ssh && cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"


eval `ssh-agent -s`