What/Where is ssh?

1999-06-08 Thread Kent West
Is ssh a more secure replacement for telnet, or what? And, where is it? I've got my apt sources.list pointing to stable main contrib non-free, but apt-get install ssh returns a message that ssh is mentioned in the database but there's no installation candidate, which probably means the package is

Re: What/Where is ssh?

1999-06-08 Thread Alec Smith
ssh is an encrypted remote login kinda like Telnet. You need to have apt including the Non-US stuff since ssh can't be exported from the US, but can be brought in. Add a line something like deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free That's for Potato, but a

Re: What/Where is ssh?

1999-06-08 Thread Brad
On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Kent West wrote: Is ssh a more secure replacement for telnet, or what? Basically, yes. ssh uses strong encryption to secure your connection. Just about any connection between your computer and the remote one can be forwarded over the ssh encrypted channel (X is a common one)

Re: What/Where is ssh?

1999-06-08 Thread Barry Kauler
On Mon, 07 Jun 1999, Kent West wrote: And, where is it? I've got my apt sources.list pointing to stable main contrib non-free, but apt-get install ssh returns a message that ssh is mentioned in the database but there's no installation candidate, which probably means the package is obsolete

Re: What/Where is ssh?

1999-06-08 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 06:33:27PM +0800, Barry Kauler wrote: On Mon, 07 Jun 1999, Kent West wrote: And, where is it? I've got my apt sources.list pointing to stable main contrib non-free, but apt-get install ssh returns a message that ssh is mentioned in the database but there's no