"rhino007_us@yahoo.com" <rhino007_us@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>Tim Slattery wrote:
>> Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote:
>>
>> >Does anybody know anything about the Tectia SSH client? My employer
>> >has just installed this thing for us to use to connect to our UNIX
>> >machines.
>
>Tim,
>
>It sounds like you figured out how to use it, but I think it's worth
>your while to understand
>what SSH gives you. SSH provides you with "strong authentication, and
>strong encryption" capabilities, a large key pair to encrypt and
>decrypt data and create a digital signature (to
>prove you are who you say you are), and a public key for others to
>encrypt what they are sending to you. There are a lot of bad guys out
>there, and they do want to hurt you! ;-)
>
>There is a lot more to it than than, but please check out their website
>www.ssh.org
>and learn more about how it works and what it can do for you...
>Otherwise with telnet you
>are sending your passwords across the network in cleartext for anyone
>to read...

I understand all that Rhino. I was using the words "telnet" and "FTP"
to denote the - umm - telnet-like or telnet-equivalent Tectia client
and the file transfer client.

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Tim Slattery
Slattery_T@bls.gov