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ssh = secure socket host

Think of it as telnet on steroids, or more precisely with heavy
encryption for security. It's not safe to send passwords in the clear
which telnet does.

W. Nick Dotson writes:
> What is "ssh"?
> 
> Nick
> 
> On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:37:40 -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> Well, as you've seen, the ssh strategy works. Also, I would not have
> expected that sending via your ISP's smtp would provide sufficient
> authentication to Bumpy for your mail to be accepted. After all, it you
> subscribed from your machine, not from your ISP's machine.
> 
> While I was still at AFB I had to deal with this all the time because I
> traveled frequently. My eventual solution is the one I recommend. I
> configured my sendmail to accept TLS authenticated mail from me at
> whatever address I might happen to be using. This includes configuring
> relaying based on the TLS authentication. It has worked splendidly--but
> I run my own smtp.
> 
> SSH is a good choice, unless you're at a location where latency makes
> communication difficult, if not virtually impossible. WWhat can I say?
> 56K modem dialup in Budapest was just too slow for connections to
> Washington.
> 
> 
> Gregory Nowak writes:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> > 
> > I'm on vacation,doing mail from a different machine, and mail to the
> > speakup list seems not to be getting through, while it gets through just
> > fine to any other address I've written to so far. So, I'm logged in
> > via ssh into my server, to see if I have the same problem sending mail
> > from my home machine. It will be interesting if I don't, since both my
> > server at home, and the machine I have on vacation both use my ISP's
> > mail server to send mail.
> > 
> > Greg
> > 
> > 
> > - -- 
> > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
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> > 
> > iD8DBQFBzk+W7s9z/XlyUyARAqeZAKDc9uGg62DyQFXKlrntUQRXKVi93wCfazpG
> > CxYWMWUBwgjqOk/yp1r+iW0=
> > =7ulE
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> > 
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> -- 
> 
> 				Janina Sajka, Chair
> 				Accessibility Workgroup
> 				Free Standards Group (FSG)
> 
> janina at freestandards.org	Phone: +1 202.494.7040
> 
> If Linux doesn't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.
> 
> 
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> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

-- 
	
				Janina Sajka, Chair
				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

janina at freestandards.org	Phone: +1 202.494.7040

If Linux doesn't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.





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