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Re: Horrid question: ssh or ssl-telnet for Windoze(95)/Doz



There is an ssh client for Windows. Look around, you will find it. I might
start my search at rootshell.com since they seem to have a lot of links to
the manufacturer of ssh. Remember, do not use ssh-2.x, use 1.x.



On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Kenneth Scharf wrote:

> 
>   From:
>         "Chris Evans" <chris@psyctc.sghms.ac.uk>
> 
> 
> Ugh, this is a horrid question to ask but I'll risk it.
> 
> I am happily moving all my heavy internet stuff to Debian (three 
> machines: home, old office, new ISP hosted machine).  Very, very 
> impressed with Debian.  
> 
> The trouble is that I can't ditch Windoze from my portable for some 
> time yet nor do I have space on it for the doze things I need 
> (mostly SAS & SPSS) and to put Debian on it too.  I'll get space 
> some day but .....
> 
> .... 'til then I want some secure way to get into my Debian 
> machines from that machine when I'm away from home.  Does 
> anyone else face this?  Is there a free or cheap ssh or ssl-telnet for 
> this horrid platform or are there other ways of ensuring confidential 
> transfers and use of the debian machines?
> 
> TIA and seasonal greetings!
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> Chris Evans, R&D Consultant,
> Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust
> 
> 
> MY REPLY:
> I have a debian box in my office on the same lan as my windowsNT 4.0
> machine.  I can use the telnet program that comes with windows to log
> into my debian machine.  It works ok, except that windows telnet does
> a poor job of emulating a linux terminal so come control key sequences
> won't work (IE: don't bother trying to run vi or emacs or even 'less'
> sometimes!).  I suspect this could be fixed on one end or the other. 
> Now if you are not on a hard wire between the machines some other
> scheme is necessary.  Are we talking a dialup connection, or an
> internet based one?  The dialup is easy, the windows dialup terminal
> (forget the name) should work fine, just configure the mgetty on the
> serial line at you linux box to look like a vt100 (probably is the
> default). 
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