How to disable the SCP protocol without disabling SSH on RHEL?

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Issue

  • The SCP protocol is decades old, and carries multiple security risks and issues that have no straightforward solutions.
  • How to disable the SCP protocol without disabling the SSH protocol?
  • How to prevent scp command from using the SCP protocol?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • openssh-clients
  • SCP

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