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ssh-keygen is a tool to generate, manage, and convert authentication keys for Secure Shell (SSH) protocol. Learn the command syntax, important options, and files used by ssh-keygen on Unix, Unix-like and Windows systems.
ssh-agent is a program that stores unencrypted SSH keys in memory and communicates with SSH clients using a Unix domain socket. It improves security and convenience for users who need to enter passphrases frequently. Learn about its security issues, implementations and references.
OpenSSH is a suite of programs that provide a secure channel over an unsecured network using the SSH protocol. It includes sshd, the SSH server daemon that can authenticate users with passwords, public keys, host-based authentication and more.
SSH only verifies that the same person offering the public key also owns the matching private key. In all versions of SSH it is important to verify unknown public keys , i.e. associate the public keys with identities , before accepting them as valid.
A table of notable SSH clients with their general name, developer, initial release, platform, license, GUI, version, date and features. Bitvise SSH Client is a proprietary Windows program that supports SSH1 and SSH2 protocols and additional features such as port forwarding, SFTP and proxy client.
WinSCP is a Windows program that allows secure file transfer between a local computer and a remote server using various protocols. It also offers file manager and file synchronization functionality, and is available as freeware with open source code.
PuTTY is a software that allows you to connect to remote servers or devices using various network protocols, such as SSH, Telnet, or SCP. It supports many features, such as encryption, port forwarding, and terminal emulation, and runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and other platforms.
CopSSH is an implementation of OpenSSH for Windows that offers both SSH client and server functionality. It contains DLLs from the Cygwin Linux environment and a version of OpenSSH compiled from Cygwin, and has a GUI for administration.