Any recommendations for SSH software?

[Marcia]

Free would be nice.

[littleman]

You are talking about a windows app?

SecureCRT - it isn't free, but it is excellent. They do have a free 30 evaluation period.

[Marcia]

Thanks, I'll check it out. Can't telnet without it.

[littleman]

You wanted free?
Check out putty [linux.eu.org]
I just downloaded it and I am impressed. It is very small, efficient and will save you $100 bucks.

[littleman]

Has anyone else tried putty? It's just a free ssh client that works without a lot of garbage - a nice app in my opinion.
It also only 185KB.

[Air]

Yeah, I've used putty and it does the job. Like you said pretty plain, I've run into a few clients that won't allow straight telnet into their servers, so it's nice to keep a SSH client around. I found it a little slow - did you?

[Brett_Tabke]

I never could get it to make a connection. Evidently, it isn't liking my network card and how ever it is glued to winsock. (I'm 90% ignorant tcp/ip and how winders makes it fit together).

[littleman]

Air, it doesn't seem very slow to me, but I am just doing regular telnet/ssh stuff. I opened up a couple of large files and it didn't seem to glitck. I also pasted a 32k doc into pico and it did all right, comparable to secure CRT.
Brett, I've installed it on three machines (different makes) and it's worked without any problems.

[Marcia]

My site host has made web-based SSH available now, I have to mail or fax a copy of photo ID to access though - which is required either way. I'll try it when I get the ID sent to them. Thanks for the recommendation.

[mivox]

duh... what is SSH?

>> I've run into a few clients that won't allow straight telnet into their servers, so it's nice to keep a SSH client around

My personal site's host doesn't allow direct telnet... would this SSH thingie somehow allow me to run command line scripts without telnet access? Gawd, I've got a couple of command line scripts I'd LOVE to use for that site!

If SSH is the thing I need, is there a Mac program for it... if I'm completely off my rocker here, would someone kindly let me know where to go? ;)

[Kiwi]

Not sure if this SSH client is any good, a freind uses it and said it is ok, free at least.
[zip.com.au...]

[DaveAtIFG]

mivox - SSH was a new term to me too, a quick search reveals "Secure Shell" protocol, apparently it's a BBS (bulletin board system) type program for talking directly to a Unix shell.

[mivox]

Would my webserver need to 'allow' SSH access the way they can allow or disallow telnet access?

[Brett_Tabke]

Generally, if you can't do telnet, you can't do ssh. (virtually the same protocal, but encrypted - thus, no one between you and the host can snoop at your data).

[mivox]

oh pooh. Thanks for killing my hopes and dreams.... :)

[littleman]

In effect ssh is to telnet what SSL is to http. Many of the new dedicated servers are being configured with telnet disabled and the only way to communicate remotely with the box is with ssh. There are two protocols, ssh1 and ssh2.

You could read about it all at [openssh.com...] .

[littleman]

I found another option:
[zip.com.au...]
The install is convoluted. You have to first install TeraTerm then unzip this add-on into the Tera folder. It works and Tera is a nice terminal emulator. When it is all installed it is about 1.79 MB. Unfortunately the author has no plans to incorporate ssh2.

[grnidone]

Mac SSH...free even (but you must go outside US to get it.)

[lysator.liu.se...]

-G

[mivox]

nifty! Unfortunately, I don't think I can talk my host into allowing any kind of Telnet access.

[Marcia]

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