Explain ssh to me

explain ssh to me

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rtfm

its like back orifice, hackers use it to access your computer remotely after they have it compd
firewall it on any network you can

A security vulnerability marketed as a feature allowing strangers to access your devices.

you create an encrypted TCP link between two computers, now what?
you can send websites across it; that's SSL.
what else?
well, you could establish something like a serial session. allow the remote computer to launch a local executable, and establish a text input/output pipe with it. if the local program is a shell, now you have a remote shell setup.
since it's over an encrypted link, you have several advantages for free (beyond the obvious security); you can validate that users are who they say they are (via their public keys), the client can validate that the server is who it says it is, clients can login without passwords via the aforementioned public keys, etc.

name?

use mosh instead

You can login to another machine in the same room, same network, or same planet and run commands like you're sitting at that computer.
You can also copy data to it and generally do things like you are sitting at that computer.

"No"

Satan demands
Ciao Wen

Teethy McFuckface

Thanks user

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ssh stands for Secure Shell and does exactly what you'd expect it to. It establishes a secure shell on a remote machine. In layman's terms, this means you are connecting from one computer to another from the command line - securely. ssh is "headless", meaning you only see the prompt. If you want to see the desktop with real-time mouse and keyboard updates, you'll have to use something like VNC.

Secure Shell

Im disappointed.. it's not a man

off yourself faggot

telnet, but secure
>can you please elabo-
no

put simply, two unix machines talk to each other

thought about saying this

stay mad, winfags

nakadashi

SSH is like when you call someone using your phone.
But instead of your phone it's your computer, and the person you are calling is another computer anywhere else.
You can now speak to other computers like they were people.
Whatever you can say to your friend(computer) in real life, you can now say to your friend(computer) remotely, wether they are in Zimbabwe or in Finland (where SSH was created).

what about X forwarding?

What is a man?

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It's like astral projection

>user explains the thing gracefully
>totally ignored
never change, Any Forums

fuck you lazy piece of shit

>you can send websites across it; that's SSL.
Its not. SSH doesn't use SSL for encryption.

>you create an encrypted TCP link between two computers, now what?
>you can send websites across it; that's SSL.
read it again

The one asking the question is clearly not technical and the kind user who answered him probably went over his head. It's understandable.

http uses SSL for encryption with or without ssh. Using http and NOT https AND ssh is not ssl

upvote

>still having reading comprehension issues
the first line is generic, "you create an encrypted TCP link"
the second line is an example of one use for an encrypted TCP link
SSH is another example of a use for an encrypted TCP link