Re: [cobalt-users] SSH Question

[Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 4/26/00 6:49 AM, andy at andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi
> I have been reading with interest about security issues relating to using
> telnet. Someone mentioned SSH instead of telnet. What is SSH? Where do i get
> it from? Is it difficult to install, and is it as functional as telnet?

There is a knowledge base article covering how to install it.
kb.cobaltnet.com
search for ssh.

What SSH does is it creates a secure socket connection between the client
and the host.  All traffic is encrypted and secure.  THis means you won't be
sending your root password as clear text (which is what you're doing now).

It will behave much in the same way as telnet, if not exactly the same.  You
have to use an SSH client, and typically if you are using windows, that
means its going to be a far superior terminal application than the built in
telnet.exe.  So from you perspective it will seem much cooler.  I use PuTTY
when I am on Windows, and it is free.  Mac, I use F-Secure.  Linux I tend to
use OpenSSH client.

-k