SSH Server Daemon
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An SSH Server Daemon is a server daemon that runs an SSH server software.
- Context:
- It can receive communication requests from an SSH Client (using an SSH protocol).
- It can perform Key Exchange.
- It can perform Encryption.
- It can perform Authentication (by referencing a SSH Authorized Keys File)
- It can perform Command Execution.
- It can perform Data Exchange.
- It can references
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: SSH Key.
References
2012
- http://man.he.net/man5/authorized_keys
- sshd listens for connections from clients. It is normally started at boot from /etc/init/ssh.conf. It forks a new daemon for each incoming connection. The forked daemons handle key exchange, encryption, authentication, command execution, and data exchange.