Most IT pros realize that using Telnet to manage routers, switches, and firewalls is insecure. Transmitted in clear text across a network, Telnet traffic basically publicizes any login usernames and ...

If you work with the AWS platform, chances are you’re going to need to access your various instances using SSH. But unlike standard access to a server that runs an SSH daemon for access (where you can ...

The Android ConnectBot application is an SSH client for Android devices. The app can be downloaded from the Android Market, and it allows a user to secure-shell into a Linux environment. Because ...

I'm working on some scripts that execute on various servers, and I'm trying to consolidate them into one. The problem is that I need to run remote commands but can't ...

Ubuntu includes a variety of utilities for connecting to secure shell servers. The standard "ssh" command connects to the remote SSH server and provides a terminal prompt that you can use to run ...

Recently at our local (Phoenix) Free Software Stammtisch, we were talking about security. I was surprised to find that no one else realized you can ssh safely across a compromised host to another ...

If you connect to remote computers over the Internet, it is a pretty good chance you use some form of SSH or secure shell. On Linux or Unix you’ll use the ssh command. Same goes for Linux-like ...

If shutting off telnet access and insisting that all system-to-system connections use ssh isn’t enough to toughen your system’s hide, here’s another way to make your servers just a little more ...

How to use multiplexing to speed up the SSH login process Your email has been sent How many times do you log in and out of your remote servers during the day? If you ...

I have two Cisco Catalyst 2960-S 48-port switches "stacked" using the Cisco FlexStack module. Originally I had to set them up using "Express Setup", which I absolutly hate from my limited use of it. I ...