Re: Hello Nethelpers [SSH / PUTTY]Strange behaviour with telnetd
On 6/30/06, JB MORLA <jbmorla@gmail.com> wrote:
I have installed sshd on Debian and PuTTY on XP.
When you installed SSH it should have made it's own host keys.
Same for PuTTY.
PuTTY only connects via SSH when the line: telnetd.... is in inetd.conf not
commented. Suppose I generate a key on one pc using keygen, how do I
copy it to the other machine?
By default PuTTY only wants to use SSH -- this is a good thing =)
So far I understand that both pc must have the same private key in order
to encrypt/decrypt data traveling over ethernet?
You don't need to copy anything -- your session key and PuTTY on XP
encrypts the message sent to the Debian server; which is decoded
automatically by the SSH daemon on the Debian side. The first time
you connect it will say Unknown host "Do you want to add this sesson
permanently?" If you have just set it up and basically trust it then
you say yes and you are done.
If you DONT trust it and want to copy the Debian key to "known hosts"
for PuTTY XP -- you just ned to read the PuTTY docs a little closer =)
SSH encrytion, similar to TLS, creates an end-to-end encryption
"tunnel" between the PuTTY app and the sshd on the Debian server.
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WC (Bill) Jones -- http://youve-reached-the.endoftheinternet.org/
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