How Secure Shell Works (SSH) - Computerphile

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Walks through what happens when an SSH session opens: key exchange, how the client checks the server's identity, and the encrypted channel; told by a university security researcher on Computerphile.

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How SSH works: key exchange, server authentication and encrypted sessions.

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