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Establish Secure Communications Between Systems by Using SSH for Remote Access

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Part of CySA+: Identify Network Vulnerabilities Topic: General Cyber Security

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What you'll do

In this lab, you will learn how to use Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) to establish secure communications between systems.

Configure SSH on Kali Linux
Establish an SSH connection by using password authentication
Configure SSH to use public key authentication, and then establish a connection with a user’s private SSH key

Note: Once you begin the lab, you will not be able to pause, save, or exit and then return to your lab. Please ensure that you have set aside enough time to complete the lab before you start.

⏱ About 30 minutes
Counts towards: CompTIA CySA+ (exam CS0-004)

Roadmaps that use this lab

CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004) — step 4: Vulnerability management
SOC Analyst — career path — step 6: Analyst certification
Threat Hunter — career path — step 3: The analyst certification
Digital Forensics Analyst — career path — step 5: Incident response, certified
Threat Intelligence Analyst — career path — step 2: SOC grounding, certified