SSH Interview/Exam Question-Answer Part 2

Q.1 Which one of the following feature was present in SSH protocol, version 1?

       A. Password changing

       B. Periodic replacement of session keys

       C. Support for public-key certificates

       D. None of the above

Ans : None of the above


Q.2 Types of SSH keys are?

       A. RSA

       B. DSA

       A. ECDSA

       B. All of the above

Ans : All of the above


Q.3 SSH-2 does not contain ______________.

       A. transport layer

       B. connection layer

       A. user authentication layer

       B. physical layer

Ans : physical layer


Q.4 It is possible to allow users and groups to have access to SSH server.

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : True


Q.5 Which one of the following authentication method is used by SSH?

       A. public-key

       B. host based

       C. password

       D. All of the above

Ans : All of the above


Q.6 which file needs to be edited to display welcome message when user login to SSH Server?

       A. ‘/etc/issue’

       B. ‘/etc/message’

       A. ‘/etc/user’

       B. All of the above

Ans : ‘/etc/issue’


Q.7 SCP protocol is evolved from __________ over SSH.

       A. DHCP protocol

       B. RCP protocol

       C. MGCP protocol

       D. GCP protocol

Ans : RCP protocol


Q.8 SSH has how many protocols?

       A. 2

       B. 3

       C. 4

       D. 8

Ans : 2


Q.9 Protocol 1 is older than protocol 2

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : True


Q.10 Protocol 1 is less secure than protocol 2?

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : True


Q.11 Protocol 1 should be disabled in the config file?

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : True


Q.12 where can we find the failed login attempts in the log file?

       A. ‘/var/log/secure’

       B. ‘/var/log/login’

       C. ‘/var/log/failed’

       D. None of the above

Ans : ‘/var/log/secure’


Q.13 Is it possible to copy files over SSH?

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : True


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