SSH can be used as a secure tunnel for varios protocals, such as PPP which is then used as a VPN. POP3 can be used through SSH and many others. I think X can as well.
On Friday 22 November 2002 04:13 pm, Hamish McBrearty wrote: > Hi all > > I've got a fairly newbie-ish question. I've been playing around abit with > SSH on my linux box, I can connect quite happily from my Mac OS-X machine. > My question is, what exactly can I do with SSH besides get a secure telnet > and run commands? From some of the stuff I've read it points to being > about to run XWindows as a thin client, is this right? > > ------------------------------------------------- > Hamish McBrearty MCSE MCSA > Network Engineer > Rangi Ruru Girls' School > 59 Hewitts Road > Christchurch > NEW ZEALAND > Ph 03 355-6099 > Fax 03 355-6027 > CELL 021 999770 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------
