Oh ok. I have heard all that actually now that I think about it. I just couldn't remember what the protocol was called. Thanks for explaining it to me. James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duane Attaway" To: "James Colannino" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 1:14 PM Subject: Re: Exploit Code Posted for SSH Flaws > On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, James Colannino wrote: > > > What exactly is SSH? I've heard the term in the past, but am not > > familiar with the protocol myself. > > ssh is a handy utility that allows us to login to another computer through > an authenticated and encrypted connection. It also lets us forward ports > through this layer and run X-windows applications from anywhere just the > same. The ssh package also includes nifty utilities, such as sftp, which > is a nice ftp package to make sure your files absolutely, positively get > there without terrorists intercepting it. Good stuff if you life depends > on it. > > PuTTY is the ssh client that runs on Windows platforms. To me, that means > I can login to my linux box with any Windows box in the world with some > sense of security. > > -- > Why drive a car when you can ride a bike? > http://attaway.net http://counter.li.org user #142150 > > > >