RFC 4251

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RFC 4251 is the core specification that defines the architecture and protocol framework of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol used for secure remote communication.

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Generate an image of RFC 4251 (RFC 4251 is the core specification that defines the architecture and protocol framework of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol used for secure remote communication.)

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Label Occurrences
RFC 4251 canonical 4
SSH protocol specification 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Internet standard ⓘ
Request for Comments ⓘ
abbreviation SSH ⓘ
appliesTo TCP-based transport ⓘ
area Security Area ⓘ
category Network protocol ⓘ
Security ⓘ
defines SSH algorithm negotiation ⓘ
SSH binary packet protocol ⓘ
linked to: SSH

SSH channel mechanism ⓘ
SSH connection model ⓘ
SSH data types ⓘ
SSH message format ⓘ
SSH message numbering ⓘ
SSH protocol architecture ⓘ
SSH protocol framework ⓘ
SSH protocol version negotiation ⓘ
SSH transport layer interaction ⓘ
focusesOn authentication ⓘ
confidentiality ⓘ
forward secrecy ⓘ
integrity ⓘ
intendedAudience SSH implementers ⓘ
protocol designers ⓘ
security engineers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
obsoletes RFC 4250 ⓘ
organization Internet Society ⓘ
partOf SSH protocol suite ⓘ
protocol Secure Shell ⓘ
linked to: SSH
publishedBy IETF ⓘ
Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ
relatedTo RFC 4252 ⓘ
RFC 4253 ⓘ
RFC 4254 ⓘ
specifies SSH protocol version 2 ⓘ
standardizes core SSH protocol ⓘ
status Proposed Standard ⓘ
stream IETF Stream ⓘ
title The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Architecture ⓘ
linked to: SSH
updates SSH protocol specification ⓘ
linked to: RFC 4251
useCase secure file transfer ⓘ
secure remote command execution ⓘ
secure remote login ⓘ
secure tunneling of arbitrary TCP connections ⓘ
workingGroup secsh ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SSH → definedIn → RFC 4251 ⓘ
RFC 4251 → updates → SSH protocol specification ⓘ
linked to: RFC 4251
RFC 4254 → relatedTo → RFC 4251 ⓘ
RFC 6668 → relatedTo → RFC 4251 ⓘ
RFC 4250 → obsoletedBy → RFC 4251 ⓘ