hi, ok thanks i think I understand it better now. thanks alot. charles On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, A. R. Vener wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >