Lansystems.com: Secure Shell 1.2.27 Setup Guide | Linux Today

Lansystems.com: Secure Shell 1.2.27 Setup Guide

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 5, 2000

[ Thanks to Tre for
this link. ]

“SSH – Secure SHell, is a replacement for common insecure remote
access programs, telnet, rsh etc… With ssh everything you do
remotely is encrypted and secure. With telnet, and other programs
of the like, your passwords go through the internet in *plain
text!* can you believe that? Who would want to use a program
that sends your passwords and everything you type to the remote
host in plain text? Not I.

“Ok well this guide will cover the installation and setup of SSH
1.2.27. First off, as always, we need to get the source code. The
source code is available from many places, I will list a few.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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