Secure Shell
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Network protocol that uses cryptography to secure communication, remote command line log-in, and remote command execution between two networked computers.
MWEFederal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary
Senses
SANS Glossary of Security Terms
A program to log into another computer over a network, to execute commands in a remote machine, and to move files from one machine to another.
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary
Network protocol that uses cryptography to secure communication, remote command line login and remote command execution between two networked computers
Classifications
Entity Type
Network0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
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Information Class
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- acronym
- SSH
- plural
- Secure Shells
- possessive
- Secure Shell's
- pluralpossessive
- Secure Shells'