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Which headers do you believe are sent in the clear over https?


With HTTPS you get a handshake Client Hello packet sent in the clear, which has a TLS version identifier and a plaintext session ID among other things. With SSH2, you get a literal "SSH-2.0" as part of the protocol identifier which appears before the key exchange.




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