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Install OpenSSH for Windows

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
Feb 3, 2020

Description

This module installs OpenSSH server and client for Windows using PowerShell.
SSH on Windows can provide pentesters persistent access to a secure interactive terminal, interactive filesystem access, and port forwarding over SSH.

Author

Michael Long [email protected]

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86, x64

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use post/windows/manage/install_ssh
    msf post(install_ssh) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf post(install_ssh) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf post(install_ssh) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf post(install_ssh) > run
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