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| Newer page: | version 11 | Last edited on Monday, October 18, 2004 4:31:03 am | by StuartYeates | Revert |
| Older page: | version 3 | Last edited on Sunday, July 27, 2003 3:50:47 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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-An [Acronym] for __S__ecure __Sh__ell, which
provides strong authentication and
encrypted communications, replacing
less secure access methods like rsh(1) and telnet(1).
+An [Acronym] for __S__ecure __Sh__ell, a tool
provides strongly
encrypted / authenticated
communications. It is mainly used to provide shell access on remote systems but also has a lot more to offer - an attractive replacement for
less secure access methods like rsh(1) and telnet(1).
-See also [SSHNotes] and ssh(1).
+The original and subsequent versions of [SSH] were released under more-and-more restrictive licenses until it was deemed to be non-[Free], so the [OpenSSH] [Fork] was started with the last "good" Free version (and it remains under the [BSDLicense]. These days, OpenSSH is the version used in [Linux] and [BSD] distributions, although it is merely called SSH.
+
+
See also:
+*
[SSHNotes]
+* [SSHErrors]
+* [SSHKeys],
and for a discussion of how they work, PublicKeyAuthentication
+* [SCP]
+*
ssh(1)
+* scp(1)
+
+----
+CategoryNetworking, CategorySecurity
