Re: IBM Linux Ad during Super Bowl

show off ;)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Rich" <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: IBM Linux Ad during Super Bowl


> 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