There are a number of non-cygwin options. http://serverfault.com/questions/8411/what-is-a-good-ssh-server-to-use-on-windows
I'd investigate the bitvise one (free for non-commercial personal users). I haven't used it myself but I've had very good experiences with Tunnelier (their ssh client) and prefer it to putty/winscp. On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:10 PM, bill lam <bbill....@gmail.com> wrote: > putty is good for connecting to a ssh server, but the question is how to > setup a ssh server on windows without cygwin. > > Срд, 11 Янв 2012, Eric Iverson писал(а): >> I use the free putty SSH client for windows and am quite happy with it. >> >> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:02 PM, bill lam <bbill....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I guess SSH is less common for windows. VPN serves similar rol but less >> > *nux-centric. Setup procedure for VPN should also be similar to what you >> > described for SSH. (untestd) >> > >> > Срд, 11 Янв 2012, Eric Iverson писал(а): >> > > It is relatively easy to have a secure JHS server serving remote clients. >> > > >> > > The trick is to piggyback JHS on a secure SSH tunnel. JHS communication >> > is >> > > through the tunnel and has the same encryption protection as the SHH >> > > connection. If SHH security is good enough for you, there is no reason to >> > > not use JHS from a remote client. >> > > >> > > An SHH tunnel connects a local port on the client to a local port on the >> > > server and uses its encryption/decryption on the connection. This allows >> > a >> > > browser on the client to connect to a local client port and have a secure >> > > connection to a local port on the server. >> > > >> > > Following are basic steps: >> > > >> > > 1. set up server machine with SHH server >> > > 2. set up client machine with SHH client >> > > 3. configure SHH client and verify you can access the server >> > > 4. add tunnel config to SSH client (e.g., 65001 <--> 127.0.0.1:65001) >> > > 5. use SHH to connect client to server >> > > 6. from client SSH session start JHS on server with command: >> > > ~/j64-701/bin/jhs & >> > > 7. from client browser session browse to localhost:65001 (passed through >> > > tunnel to 65001 on server) >> > > 8. you have secure JHS services on client from server >> > > >> > > If you want to use port 65001 on your client for local JHS use, then >> > you'll >> > > want to configure the JHS server on your server to use another port and >> > > configure the SHH tunnel to make that connection (e.g., 65003 <-> >> > > 127.0.0.1:65003) >> > > >> > > If you already have SHH access from your client to your server you have >> > > already done all the hard parts. Tunnel config is done a bit differently >> > on >> > > different SHH clients. On windows putty do the following: >> > > >> > > 1. load saved session that connects to your server >> > > 2. in the Category tree navigate to Connection>SSH>Tunnels >> > > 3. type 65001 in Source port >> > > 4. type 127.0.0.1:65001 (server local port) in Destination >> > > 5. click Add >> > > 6. navigate to Session >> > > 7. click Save (to save config changes) >> > > >> > > I had always planned to add https support to JHS but this is a >> > non-trivial, >> > > I now the SHH tunnel works so well that perhaps there is no need for JHS >> > > https support. >> > > >> > > This really is the way to use a cloud machine! >> > > >> > > I think this is a significant capability and welcome your feedback. >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > >> > -- >> > regards, >> > ==================================================== >> > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 >> > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > -- > regards, > ==================================================== > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm