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What is the Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol?
The Secure Shell Protocol is a way for someone to remotely log in to a shell and have it secured via encryption.
What are the typical uses of the SSH protocol?
Typical uses of the SSH protocol is to remotely work on another computer from home, to upload and download files from the two connected computers, to run tasks and scripts remotely, and to help manage the IT infrastructure.
How does the SSH protocol work?
The SSH protocol works by having one computer be set up as the client and one computer as the server, the client then connects to the server and gains access to the command line interface after submitting the correct credentials
How is the data kept safe when transmitted between the SSH client and server?
Data is kept safe when transmitted between the SSH client and server by means of encryption and the method of encryption can be chosen if one is specifically needed
What is SFTP?
SFTP is the SSH File Transfer Protocol
What is Windows Remote Desktop Connection?
Windows Remote Desktop Connect is the program that utilizes the RDP port of the computer to remotely access a computer with it's entire graphical interface.
What is RDP?
RDP is the Remote Desktop Protocol
What is the RDP port number?
The RDP port number is 3389
Things I would like to know more about
I would like to more about the remote desktop protocol mainly because I haven't really used it and I am not all too familiar with it and wonder if it can be used to access remote desktop of all the OSes out there.