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- Provide secure file copying with RSSH and chroot
- Vincent Danen offers this tip on how to use restricted SSH and chroot to provide secure file copying to your filesystem. Using SSH is great for remote access, and using SCP or SFTP is better than using plain-old FTP. However, for the most part, if you grant SFTP...
- Technical articles 2007-05-07
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- Configure SSH on your Cisco router
- Most IT pros know that using Telnet to manage routers, switches, and firewalls is not exactly a security best practice. Instead, the accepted alternative to Telnet's lack of security is Secure Shell SSH. Learn how to configure SSH on your Cisco router. David Davis has the details. Most IT...
- Technical articles 2005-09-22
- Replace Telnet with SSH to shore up secure connections
- If you're using Telnet to control network devices, you should consider switching to something more secure. Mike Mullins tells you how to replace Telnet with Secure Shell SSH. Using Telnet, a TCP/IP protocol for accessing remote computers, to control your network devices is comparable to shouting your...
- Technical articles 2005-10-13
- Secure remote tasks with ssh and keys
- If you want to set up another administrator on your server or execute remote tasks securely, learn to use ssh with keys. Vincent Danen tells you how in this Linux tip. Often, if you're administering a server, you'll find you need to execute some small task on...
- Technical articles 2005-10-10
- Use PuTTY as an SSH client on MS Windows
- I like PuTTYIt does the job. Right-click to paste from the Windows clipboard.pasteI want my X Windows middle-click paste back when working in MS Windows, darnit.. . . but yeah, it's a nice little tool. It's also in the FreeBSD ports tree if you absolutely must have PuTTY...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-07
- Setting up different kinds of servers using Mandrake 7
- FTP, Web, file, and print servers: Mandrake 7 can run all of these. During this Guild Meeting, Vincent Danen explained how.FTP, Web, file, and print servers: Mandrake 7 can run all of these. On July 27th Vincent Danen explained how. If you couldn’t join us then, enjoy the transcript; and...
- Technical articles 2000-07-27
- Problems With SSH on a Cisco 3845
- I cannot remote connect into the router using SSH. Everything is enabled and looks to be all configured properly. I've tried changing the SSH password but it's not working and I feel that I'm not doing something right. If some one could help me out and explain to me what...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-02
- Using SSH Tunneling
- A tunnel is a networking term with an appropriate name. It refers to a connection, usually encrypted, that connects two computers together across another, usually untrusted network. Rather than connecting to the mail server directly, we establish an SSH connection to the internal network that the mail server lives...
- Book chapters 2001-02-23
- Tech Tip: Connect to a remote machine using TightVNC
- Learn how to set up a VNC server on a Linux machine. Virtual Network Computing VNC is a cross-platform standard that allows you to connect to a remote machine using a graphical interface. With VNC, you can use one Linux machine to view the desktop of...
- Technical articles 2004-08-26
- Pragma Systems: Using SSH for PCI Compliance
- The objective of this paper is to examine the federal and industry regulatory environment and to analyze the benefits of utilizing Secure Shell SSH in achieving PCI compliance. In addition, to review the role Pragma Systems, Inc. and its FortressSSH product can play in a robust, secure computing environment. In...
- White papers 2008-01-18
- Crypto RSA Key for authentication using SSH in Cisco WS-C4506
- Hi. I wonder how I can generate a rsa key for automatic authentication with my Cisco switches and routers. Every time I want to connect to them, they ask me by my user and password; However I heard with a public key configured between the switch and my ssh client...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
- Five steps to a secure login using SSH
- One of the best ways to ensure all of your network's communication links are secure is to implement system-wide encryption. This means encrypting all of the data flowing in and out of your system to prevent cyber-sniffers from reading it and using it to gain unauthorized access to your data....
- Download resources 2005-03-22
- Optimize OpenSSH on Linux for better networking and security
- Learn how to take advantage of some of the advanced features of OpenSSH that can simplify and extend its use.If you run Linux in a networked environment and don't yet know what OpenSSH is, you have no idea what you’re missing. If you use telnet and still don't know what...
- Technical articles 2001-03-07
- Achieve more effective overall network security with the versatility of rsync
- A security tool in rsyncThe downloadable PDF version of this article is available here:http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-1035-6050159.htmlHow often do you backup your systems? Is the process automated? What tools do you use for this important procedure?passwordless SSHSomeone asked about how to run an rsync cron job through an SSH tunnel in a private...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-15
- Secure Shell: Protecting data in transit
- If you're a network or systems administrator, one of your top considerations for any computer should be security. In this Daily Drill Down, Vincent Danen explains how to install and use Secure Shell SSH in order to guard against vulnerability and to protect your day-to-day network data.If you’re a network...
- Technical articles 2000-03-03
- SSH sessions without a password
- Quite frequently there is a need to transfer files from one server to another without input from the console. The prime example of this would be a backup script using scp or rsync over ssh to transfer files to a holding area ready to be sent to tape. The problem...
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- Detect and replace vulnerable SSH keys on Debian
- As many of my readers no doubt already know, Debian GNU/Linux recently had some cryptographic vulnerability problems. By far, the most common effect of this on users of Debian will be the existence of weak cryptographic keys for OpenSSH. If you have SSH keys generated by OpenSSH on...
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Use PuTTY as a secure proxy on MS Windows
- Glad to help.It's good you'll get some use out of this.cool, very coolWhen I visit my daughter I take my lap top with me. I happen to have a BSD machine on an oc line that I can do this through next time I stay at a hotel. ...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- Implementing TightVNC and SSH on a Windows NT server
- The TightVNC enhancement to the original VNC freeware application from AT&T research labs in the UK adds secure communication channels for remote administration sessions. TightVNC secures these communication channels using Secure Shell SSH.UNIX and Linux administrators have used SSH for years, and now Windows administrators can take advantage of it...
- Technical articles 2003-03-17
- Step-By-Step: Using rsync to bolster redundancy and off-site backup storage
- How to put the open source tool rsync in placeMost backups use a form of storage medium: tape, CD-R, RAID arrays, or other computers. Soon, DVD writers will reach a more attractive price range, and another form of large storage will be available. You can even use smaller storage mediums...
- Technical articles 2002-02-06
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