How does SSH encryption work? - Super User
But if I need to encrypt data on the client for sending to the server, how does it happen? The public key encrypts data on the client? But how can the server decrypt it, if it only has the public key? How does …
When is asymmetric and symmetric encryption used in SSH?
Nov 2, 2018 · In the asymmetric encryption it looks like the shared secret key (symmetric key) is always used to encrypt/decrypt the messages between the client and server. I was confused why it's called …
How do I specify the key exchange method in OpenSSH?
What I don't see is how to specify the method. In addition, I know every ssh server/client is required to support at least two methods: diffie-helleman-group1-sha1 and diffie-helleman-group14-sha1, but its …
encryption - How to use ssh-rsa public key to encrypt a text ...
The idea is to generate a single-use symmetric key that is short enough to be encrypted using SSH public key. Then, you use the symmetric key to enrypt your text, and send both the encrypted text …
How do I change the allowed host key algorithms for SSH?
May 22, 2020 · What is interesting there is the line: Skipping ssh-dss key /root/.ssh/id_dsa - not in PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes. This variable sounds like what I am looking for, but it is not defined …
How to generate rsa-sha2-256 keys using ssh-keygen utility?
Feb 17, 2023 · The "ssh-rsa" key type is used by the "ssh-rsa", "rsa-sha2-256" and "rsa-sha2-512" signature types. The ssh-rsa signature type is being deprecated, because of security concerns …
linux - How to change encryption algorithm for private key file using ...
4 Using ssh-keygen, I need to generate a SSH private key file where the encryption algorithm used when using a passphrase is AES-128 with CBC mode. I know this is the default for OpenSSH >= 5.4 …
ssh - Automating PGP Encryption/Decryption of text files - Super User
Oct 18, 2024 · I'm setting up an SFTP from an on-premise server to a hosted server. I have the SFTP part figured out to move the files, however what I haven't figured out is the hosted vendors request …
windows ssh client: how to fix "no matching cipher found"
Feb 2, 2022 · As a workaround I can connect to these machines by using another ssh client like putty or teraterm, but I would really like to standardize on the windows ssh client.
ssh - How can I find a list of MACs, Ciphers, and KexAlgorithms that my ...
Jan 24, 2015 · Is there a way to make ssh output what MACs, Ciphers, and KexAlgorithms that it supports? I'd like to find out dynamically instead of having to look at the source.