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1. Introduction

1. Introduction​

The SSH Connection Protocol has been designed to run on top of the SSH transport layer and user authentication protocols ([SSH-TRANS] and [SSH-USERAUTH]). It provides interactive login sessions, remote execution of commands, forwarded TCP/IP connections, and forwarded X11 connections.

The service name for this protocol is "ssh-connection".

This document should be read only after reading the SSH architecture document [SSH-ARCH]. This document freely uses terminology and notation from the architecture document without reference or further explanation.

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