# OpenSSH vs. Teleport SSH Node Service for Servers

DevFeed: [OpenSSH vs. Teleport SSH Node Service for Servers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/openssh-vs-ssh-for-servers-29782.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/openssh-vs-teleport/>)

Author: ev@goteleport.com (Ev Kontsevoy)

Published: 2018-01-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [OpenSSH](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openssh.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/audit.md>), [Access Control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/access-control.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/trust.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [openssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openssh.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>)

## AI overview

The article compares using OpenSSH servers configured to trust Teleport's certificate authority with deploying the Teleport Node Service on individual servers. It describes benefits of site-wide Teleport deployment, including server authentication, more secure audit and session recording, role-based access control, and cluster introspection.

## Source excerpt

We cover the difference between OpenSSH servers and Teleport SSH node service for Teleport clusters.