LinkedIn Interview Question

The details of ssh

Interview Answers

Anonymous

Nov 12, 2017

I've been asked this question with a twist: "You type ssh . Can you talk for 30 minutes about what is going on between you hit Enter and you get the login prompt?" I've been going for 45 minutes, starting with loading the binary with ld and diving into the public cryptography. After all, no offer.

Anonymous

Apr 27, 2017

Secure Shell (SSH) is a UNIX-based command interface and protocol for securely getting access to a remote computer. SSH is actually a suite of three utilities - slogin, ssh, and scp - that are secure versions of the earlier UNIX utilities, rlogin, rsh, and rcp. SSH commands are encrypted and secure in several ways.