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On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Adam Lang wrote:
> Secure Shell
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> Basically telnet where the traffic is encrypted and not clear text.
I realize you said "basically" but ssh is a lot more than that. ssh is
secure communication done The Right Way (tm). Far easier to configure
than the Digital Certificate Manager. ssh also allows you to securely
forward any port. You can also have password-less secure authentication.
You also get scp (Secure CoPy). This fills the needs of the posters who
have asked about secure ftp. It also protects against man-in-the-middle
attacks. You can specify what user to connect as. With password-less
secure authentication you can script communications without putting the
password in the script. ssh may be the most important tool for network
communications. Well, maybe after ifconfig.
James Rich
"As for security, being lectured by Microsoft is like receiving wise words
on the subject of compassion from Stalin."
-- mormop on lwn.net
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