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| Newer page: | version 12 | Last edited on Saturday, December 25, 2004 7:01:55 pm | 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)
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+An [Acronym] for __S__ecure __Sh__ell.
-See also [SSHNotes] and ssh(1).
+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).
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+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].
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See also:
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[SSHNotes]
+* [SSHErrors]
+* [SSHKeys],
and for a discussion of how they work, PublicKeyAuthentication
+* [SCP]
+*
ssh(1)
+* scp(1)
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+CategoryNetworking, CategorySecurity
