SSH (Wordhole)
This is an entry for 'SSH' for the Wordhole Glossary.
Definitions
- Short for 'Secure Shell'. The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol is a protocol for secure remote login and other secure network services over an insecure network. (From RFC4251 Standard)
- Short for 'Stichting Studentenhuisvesting', used in reference to SSH Student Housing, an organisation providing a total of 19.000 student accomodations in the Dutch cities Amersfoort, Groningen, Rotterdam, Zeist, Bunnik, Tilburg, Utrecht en Zwolle. May also refer to SSH&, a similar organisation providing student housing in Arnhem and Nijmegen.
Application (as used by us)
We use SSH for remote login our Raspberry Pi server Chop Chop.
ssh USERNAME@145.16.139.24
Application (other contexts)
Aside from remote login and command line manipulation, SSH has seen a plethora of other uses, including:
- Automatic (passwordless) login (e.g. using OpenSSH)
- File Transfer (e.g. using
scp) - Port forwarding
- Tunneling
Images and links
- SSH protocol standard: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4251
- OpenSSH website: https://www.openssh.com/
- SSH Sudent Housing website: https://www.sshxl.nl/en
- SSH& website: https://www.sshn.nl/