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Stupid SSH Tricks

Introduction



  • What it is:

    • A potential drop-in replacement for, or alternative to, the Berkeley "r" commands: rlogin, rsh, and rcp.

    • Remote login, file transfer, and shell commands over a secure, encrypted connection. Also X and other tunneling.

    • A way of reducing exposure of passwords; cannot easily be "sniffed" (unlike ftp or telnet or rlogin).

    • Sorta freely available (Version 1): www.ssh.org (or free: OpenSSH?); SecureCRT for Wintel ($) or TTSSH (free). Web version at MindTerm.

  • What it is NOT:

    • A substitute for poor security planning.

    • The ultimate answer to your problems.

 


Stupid SSH Tricks
Pat Murphy