RFC 4251: The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Architecture

The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol is a protocol for secure remote login and other secure network services over an insecure network. This document describes the…

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Incoming relationships (39 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 8308: Extension Negotiation in the Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9141: Updating References to the IETF FTP Service
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4252: The Secure Shell (SSH) Authentication Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4253: The Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5592: Secure Shell Transport Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7435: Opportunistic Security: Some Protection Most of the Time
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4254: The Secure Shell (SSH) Connection Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4462: Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) Authentication and Key Exchange for the Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9644: YANG Groupings for SSH Clients and SSH Servers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8071: NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call Home
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8731: Secure Shell (SSH) Key Exchange Method Using Curve25519 and Curve448
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4819: Secure Shell Public Key Subsystem
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4432: RSA Key Exchange for the Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5647: AES Galois Counter Mode for the Secure Shell Transport Layer Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6594: Use of the SHA-256 Algorithm with RSA, Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA), and Elliptic Curve DSA (ECDSA) in SSHFP Resource Records
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9941: Secure Shell (SSH) Key Exchange Method Using Hybrid Streamlined NTRU Prime sntrup761 and X25519 with SHA-512: sntrup761x25519-sha512
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6239: Suite B Cryptographic Suites for Secure Shell (SSH)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7869: The "vnc" URI Scheme
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8332: Use of RSA Keys with SHA-256 and SHA-512 in the Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8709: Ed25519 and Ed448 Public Key Algorithms for the Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6241: Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4732: Internet Denial-of-Service Considerations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5056: On the Use of Channel Bindings to Secure Channels
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4741: NETCONF Configuration Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4572: Connection-Oriented Media Transport over the Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol in the Session Description Protocol (SDP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4963: IPv4 Reassembly Errors at High Data Rates
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6979: Deterministic Usage of the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5218: What Makes for a Successful Protocol?
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6528: Defending against Sequence Number Attacks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6189: ZRTP: Media Path Key Agreement for Unicast Secure RTP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6544: TCP Candidates with Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7627: Transport Layer Security (TLS) Session Hash and Extended Master Secret Extension
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5386: Better-Than-Nothing Security: An Unauthenticated Mode of IPsec
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5590: Transport Subsystem for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9142: Key Exchange (KEX) Method Updates and Recommendations for Secure Shell (SSH)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5458: Security Requirements for the Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6270: The 'tn3270' URI Scheme
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6668: SHA-2 Data Integrity Verification for the Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7832: Application Bridging for Federated Access Beyond Web (ABFAB) Use Cases