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We've made the decision to switch to SSH (Secure SHell) at suso.org as
opposed to using telnet to access accounts. Here are a few of the reasons for
this change:
- SSH is an encrypted protocol. This means that all data sent over
the network from your computer to the server and vice versa is encrypted.
- The SSH protocol allows for many more options when logging into your
account such as passphrase authentication, autologin, X forwarding,
compression and more secure restrictions.
- SSH is an established protocol that has been in use for several years. There
are many mature clients available for Windows, Macintosh, Unix and other operating
systems.
- In order to make suso.org a more secure server, this change is
nessecary as it helps to prevent others on the Internet from obtaining
your login password.
This document will help to make the transition to SSH easier for you by
explaining how to use the client on your computer.
There are a few different options for using SSH under Windows. Probably
the best program to use is
SecureCRT
by
VanDyke, which is a commercial piece of
software. However, most of the features that you'd be looking for in a SSH
client can be found in the following programs:
PuTTY is
the most useful of the two programs because of it's size. The PuTTY program
consists of only one executable file and will fit on a floppy disk, so if you
need to go some place where an SSH client is not available, you can always take
a floppy disk with you. Also, if you ever don't have putty with you, you can
easily find it using http://www.google.com. Just search for
"putty". It is the first result that will come up.
I only know of one SSH client for the Macintosh operating system. And that's
Nifty Telnet SSH:
If anyone knows of any other usable SSH clients out there for the Macintosh,
please let me know so that I can include them here.
I'd hope that I wouldn't have to explain how to get ssh for a unix system.
But anyways, if you don't know where to get an ssh client, you should use openssh:
How your client program works will depend on the program and the
operating system. But there are some things that you should know about
the server side of the equation and general things about the client side.
You'll also want to use SSH version 2 protocol if possible, this
is setup on the client program. Some of the older programs were written
before SSHv2 was widely used, but you should still be able to use SSHv1.
There is also more information available from the SSH Tutorial document
in the suso.org documentation section.
Modified: 2005-02-12 02:58:24
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