@misc{rfc4252, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 4252, howpublished = {RFC 4252}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC4252}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4252}, author = {Chris M. Lonvick and Tatu Ylonen}, title = {{The Secure Shell (SSH) Authentication Protocol}}, pagetotal = 17, year = 2006, month = jan, abstract = {The Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) is a protocol for secure remote login and other secure network services over an insecure network. This document describes the SSH authentication protocol framework and public key, password, and host-based client authentication methods. Additional authentication methods are described in separate documents. The SSH authentication protocol runs on top of the SSH transport layer protocol and provides a single authenticated tunnel for the SSH connection protocol. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }