ssh stands for secure shell. It uses the secure socket layer (SSL) to establish a connection machines similar to telnet or rsh. It also includes the secure copy (scp) protocol as part of the suite. I've installed it on my machine and reccommend its use as a replacement to telnet and password requiremed ftp since the password transaction is also encrypted. This is not true for telnet, rsh or ftp. If one of the machines is running an illicit sniffer your password can be acquired by the sniffer operator when establishing a telnet or ftp connection. You'll need to install first the OpenSSL library and then the OpenSSH applications. Try cvhecking out http://www.openssh.com Have fun. rudy