SSH is not run over SSL, it runs over its own secure transport protocol.
OpenSSH just uses the crypto library from OpenSSL.
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Greg Stark
Ethentica, Inc.
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Subject: RE: Newbie
>
> Hi;
>
> 1. I guess you need install both if you want to compile and use SSH, SSH
> is build
> on SSL.
>
> 2. SSL provides authentication and encryption service on the top of TCP
> layer for any client-server application, webserver-webbrower is a
> typical example.
>
> 3. SSH is a suite of client-server applications which use SSL protocol
> service.
>
> 4. the typical application of SSH is ftp, telnet , those remote process
> function usually one can find in UNIX platform
>
> 5. Encryption for the network can be happened in different network
> layers. Secure email is in the application level, ssl encryption is on
> TCP layer, and IPSec encryption is on IP layer. For a quick start, you
> should identify which layer are you going to work
> on and read the related stuffs.
>
>
> Hope this can help.
>
> Heyun Zheng
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pnolan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 1:42 PM
> To: openssl-users
> Cc: pnolan
> Subject: Newbie
>
>
> I am trying to begin implementing encryption on my network. I have
> never
> worked with SSL or SSH before. As I was installing OpenSSH I read that
> I
> needed to have SSL installed first. I then went to the OpenSSH site and
> downloaded openssl-0.9.6a.tar & openssl-engine-0.9.6a.tar. What is the
> difference between these 2 packages? Do I need to install them both?
>
> Could anyone point me in a direction where I could learn a little more
> of
> the basics about SSL (like - What does SSL do as a stand alone program
> or is
> it even supposed to be used that way?) so I don't have to bother
> everyone
> here with my lame questions?
>
> Pat Nolan
> Open Text Corp.
> Operations Analyst
> 518-437-4095 (Phone)
> 518-446-0790 (Fax)
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