What is SSH and SMB?

SSH is primarily a character oriented protocol, for a human with a keyboard to send commands to a remote Command Line Interface for execution. SMB is primarily a file sharing (and printer sharing) protocol; no access to the command line.

Does SMB use SSH?

When you have SMB (Samba) share in some local network, e.g. at home, and do not want to explicitly share it online, you can set up SSH tunnel to access that SMB share. This will allow mounting it as a usual share (you still need to know login/pass, if it’s not open).

Is SSH A protocol?

SSH or Secure Shell is a network communication protocol that enables two computers to communicate (c.f http or hypertext transfer protocol, which is the protocol used to transfer hypertext such as web pages) and share data.

What advantage does SMB have over FTP?

SMB allows the connecting device to access resources as if they were on the local client device. SMB and FTP use the TCP protocol for connection establishment and they can transfer data in both directions.

What is advantages of SMB over FTP?

Q12: What is an advantage of SMB over FTP? Only with SMB can data transfers occur in both directions. Only SMB establishes two simultaneous connections with the client, making the data transfer faster. SMB is more reliable than FTP because SMB uses TCP and FTP uses UDP.

What is SMB protocol used for?

The Server Message Block (SMB) protocol is a network file sharing protocol that allows applications on a computer to read and write to files and to request services from server programs in a computer network. The SMB protocol can be used on top of its TCP/IP protocol or other network protocols.

What uses SSH protocol?

Usage. SSH is typically used to log into a remote machine and execute commands, but it also supports tunneling, forwarding TCP ports and X11 connections; it can transfer files using the associated SSH file transfer (SFTP) or secure copy (SCP) protocols. SSH uses the client–server model.