SSH, or secure shell, is the mainstay of remote access and administration in the Linux world, and the lack of any straightforward equivalent has always been an awkward feature of the Windows world.

If your network doesn't allow connections into the default VNC port 5901, you can tunnel it through SSH. There are times when you need to remote into a Linux desktop. When that need arises, the most ...

SSH is the descendant of rsh and rlogin, which are non-encrypted programs for remote shell logins. Rsh and rlogin, like telnet, have a long lineage but now are outdated and insecure. However, these ...