However there are other areas that SSH can offer protection from which can include the following:

• IP Spoofing. This basically prevents someone from pretending to be you. Your IP could be cloned and thousands of files sent out all over the internet, looking like they have come from your machines.
• DNS Spoofing. Where an attack fakes name server records
• Password protection. Where your passwords are intercepted and violated.
• Manipulation. Where data is compromised.
• Protection against attacks where they listen to the X authentication data and use this to gain connection to the X11 server.

SSH works on the proviso of not trusting anybody. Once it is set up it protects all the data that you send from every possible attack.

We all know that as the internet has progressed, scrupulous individuals have taken to hacking and other server compromises. Whilst some of these are just amateurs and hobbyists who do it because they can, there are others who do it to access your data and use it against you or for other non legitimate reasons

Versions of SSH are always being updated to improve on what they offer. If you do have a SSH connection installed then you should ensure that you keep up dated in order to keep your files, data and passwords as secure as possible. There is plenty of information online which gives information on the latest releases available and the extra security features that these process. The first version was released in 1995 so it stands to reason that in the following 15 years the service will have been expanded and improved upon.

There are of course server attacks that SSH cannot protect you against however that is not to say in the future that new SSH versions won’t be able to offer protection against these. For now SSH is the securest way to ensure that your data stays as safe as possible.

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