Five handy secure shell tips and tricks
I use secure shell a LOT, every day. So much so that I often take for granted how important this tool is. Not only does it allow me to log into remote machines to handle management of said machine, it can do other things as well – X tunneling being one of the most useful features. But for many users ssh only serves as a means to log in, do a few command-line tasks, and log out. It doesn't (and shouldn't) have to be that way.
With Secure Shell there are a number of ways to use (and configure) this tool to make it more useful and more secure. In this article you will learn five different (and handy) secure shell tips to make sure your ssh usage is as good as it can be. And for some basic secure shell knowledge, check out my article “Get to know Linux: Secure shell“.
I use secure shell a LOT, every day. So much so that I often take for granted how important this tool is. Not only does it allow me to log into remote machines to handle management of said machine, it can do other things as well – X tunneling being one of the most useful features. But for many users ssh only serves as a means to log in, do a few command-line tasks, and log out. It doesn't (and shouldn't) have to be that way.
With Secure Shell there are a number of ways to use (and configure) this tool to make it more useful and more secure. In this article you will learn five different (and handy) secure shell tips to make sure your ssh usage is as good as it can be. And for some basic secure shell knowledge, check out my article “Get to know Linux: Secure shell“.
