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