Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) — Question 5

Secure Shell (SSH-2) supports authentication, compression, confidentiality, and integrity, SSH is commonly used as a secure alternative to all of the following protocols below except:

Answer options

• A. telnet
• B. rlogin
• C. RSH
• D. HTTPS

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D, as HTTPS is already a secure protocol that uses SSL/TLS for encryption, making SSH unnecessary for its use. In contrast, telnet, rlogin, and RSH are all unencrypted protocols that SSH can effectively replace to enhance security.