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SSH usernames

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mathcolo

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Sep 14, 2008
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Boston
Simple question that I cannot find the answer to:

When you login to a server using SSH, is the username sent encrypted or is it sent in the clear?

I googled and couldn't find the answer... :confused:
 
It is my understanding (I don't want to say its a fact) that the first step of SSH is establishing the encryption (Public Keys, Private Keys, RSA, etc) and then the username and password is sent encrypted.
 
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