Please note that ssh binaries contain licensed code from RSA Data Security, Inc. and are provided here for the IU community for non-commerical use only. It contains an archive of the mailing list, and detailed information about new releases, mailing lists, and other relevant issues.
All communications are automatically and transparently encrypted.
Encryption is started before authentication, and no passwords or other information is transmitted in the clear. Encryption is also used to protect against spoofed packets. Secure X11 sessions. Never trusts the network. Minimal trust on the remote side of the connection.