Question

You are a network administrator and you need to access the secure command line interface access of an edge router on your network. The router uses cryptography for remote authentication. Which protocol is the router configured with for this purpose?

(A) SSH.
(B) RDP.
(C) SMB.
(D) FTP transfer.

Answer 1

(A) SSH.

Step-by-step explanation:

SSH aka Secure Shell or Secure socket shell

• It is a network protocol.
• As the name suggests it provides a safer way to the user to access a host or a computer on an unprotected network.
• Very popular and widely used in the world.
• Provides encryption and authentication between 2 hosts over the internet.