SSH Penetration Testing

Purpose

Conduct comprehensive SSH security assessments including enumeration, credential attacks, vulnerability exploitation, tunneling techniques, and post-exploitation activities. This skill covers the complete methodology for testing SSH service security.

Prerequisites

🧠 Knowledge Modules (Fractal Skills)

1. Required Tools

2. Required Knowledge

3. Phase 1: SSH Service Discovery

4. Phase 2: SSH Enumeration

5. Phase 3: SSH Configuration Auditing

6. Phase 4: Credential Attacks

7. Phase 5: Key-Based Authentication Testing

8. Phase 6: Vulnerability Exploitation

9. Phase 7: SSH Tunneling and Port Forwarding

10. Phase 8: Post-Exploitation

11. Phase 9: Custom SSH Scripts with Paramiko

12. Phase 10: Metasploit SSH Modules

13. SSH Enumeration Commands

14. Brute-Force Options

15. Port Forwarding Types

16. Common SSH Ports

17. Legal Considerations

18. Technical Limitations

19. Evasion Techniques