andrewdunk
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How to use SSH
I have one RDP and 3 FTP accounts, i need to some how make these 4 accounts secure, i have looked at the possibiltys of using Shared SSL , then i came across SSH, can someone please tell me how i would go about using SSH, and how it works, software based etc. If anyone has a better idea in how to secure these connects please say.
What operating system are you talking about?
Linux / Windows / MacOS?
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Linux / MacOS supports the ssh service at once. All you have to do is to start the ssh daemon, as Dushan911 pointed out for one out for linux redhat. (I'm using ubuntu linux, a free distribution, as default for instance)
On windows you can take a look at:
http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html // http://cygwin.com/faq/
Here is how you can use cygwin to install sshd as a service.
* Install cygwin
* ensure windows firewall has incoming port 22 open
* Login as Administrator, or similarly capable account
* run /usr/bin/ssh-host-config, it should be in the default path
* answer "yes" to "privilege separation"
* answer "yes" to "local user"
* answer "yes" to "install sshd as a service"
* answer "ntsec tty" to "CYGWIN="
* to start the service use "net start sshd" or "cygrunsrv --start sshd"
* to stop the service use "net stop sshd" or "cygrunsrv --stop sshd"
Tolomir
Linux / Windows / MacOS?
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Linux / MacOS supports the ssh service at once. All you have to do is to start the ssh daemon, as Dushan911 pointed out for one out for linux redhat. (I'm using ubuntu linux, a free distribution, as default for instance)
On windows you can take a look at:
http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html // http://cygwin.com/faq/
Here is how you can use cygwin to install sshd as a service.
* Install cygwin
* ensure windows firewall has incoming port 22 open
* Login as Administrator, or similarly capable account
* run /usr/bin/ssh-host-config, it should be in the default path
* answer "yes" to "privilege separation"
* answer "yes" to "local user"
* answer "yes" to "install sshd as a service"
* answer "ntsec tty" to "CYGWIN="
* to start the service use "net start sshd" or "cygrunsrv --start sshd"
* to stop the service use "net stop sshd" or "cygrunsrv --stop sshd"
Tolomir
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i am using windows xp pro sp2
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Try WinSSHD
Very easy and secure (both for FTP and Remote Desktop)
Very easy and secure (both for FTP and Remote Desktop)
Putty and FSecure are both good clients. I use them both on xp2 pro;
The 3 FTP accounts will work fine over SSH, which will in simplest terms be an encrypted telnet session.
Remote desktop, using it by itself will not make it secure, but you can setup a SSH tunnel, and then use remote desktop through that SSH tunnel. making it secure
The 3 FTP accounts will work fine over SSH, which will in simplest terms be an encrypted telnet session.
Remote desktop, using it by itself will not make it secure, but you can setup a SSH tunnel, and then use remote desktop through that SSH tunnel. making it secure
redhat-config-services
Using this "service configuration" you can allow/deney services in the startup(like windows services). Then in the "sshd" uncheck it(to remove ssh from startup) and stop that "sshd" service.
BR
Dushan