Monday
Oct122009
Management Through SSH
Monday, October 12, 2009 at 10:05 SSH (Secure Shell) is a secure alternative to the ancient Telnet program/protocol. Telnet (and SSH) allows a user to connect to a remote server, and enables the users to use a command line interface to execute commands (manage the server).
Where Telnet is relatively limited in its functionality, SSH has a bunch of features which enables the user to do much more. The SSH protocol has the possibility to tunnel traffic through an SSH connection (read: tunnel). The big advantage is that everything going through the tunnel is heavily encrypted (which is good).
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The tool best known to use SSH is SFTP (FTP over SSH). A secure alternative of the 'old' (in plaintext communicating) File Transfer protocol.
tagged Management, OSX, bitvise, meerkat, putty, remote, secure shell, securecrt, ssh, vandyke in Security, Tips'n Tricks
Management, OSX, bitvise, meerkat, putty, remote, secure shell, securecrt, ssh, vandyke in Security, Tips'n Tricks