Security information for an SSH session

To display the Security Information panel go to the session panel and click Communications > Security.

For sessions that are using the SSH protocol, the Security Information panel displays information about the SSH connection. The following session types can use the SSH protocol:

• VT Display session
• File Transfer (sftp) session

The following information is displayed about the SSH connection:

• Connection Status
  The status of the SSH connection.
  
  
• Server Version String
  The version string sent by the server to the client during SSH negotiation.
  
  
• Key Exchange
  The key exchange algorithm being used by the SSH Transport protocol layer.
  
  
• Publickey
  The publickey algorithm being used by the SSH Transport protocol layer.
  
  
• Encryption
  The encryption algorithm being used by the SSH Transport protocol layer.
  
  
• Data Integrity
  The data integrity algorithm being used by the SSH Transport protocol layer.
  
  
• Compression
  The compression algorithm being used by the SSH Transport protocol layer.
  

Related topics

• Security information for sessions
• Viewing server certificate information
• SSH configuration