The Secure Shell TM Frequently Asked Questions
Iulie 7th, 2007
0. Meta-info
- 0.1. Where can I get this document?
- 0.2. Who maintains this document?
- 0.3. Where do I send questions, additions, corrections etc. about this document?
- 0.4. Revision history
- 0.5. Legalese
- 0.6. Trademarks
- 0.7. Credits
1. About Secure Shell
- 1.1. What is Secure Shell?
- 1.2. How widespread is its use?
- 1.3. What protocols does it use?
- 1.4. What encryption algorithms does Secure Shell use?
- 1.5. How does Secure Shell authenticate?
- 1.6. What does Secure Shell protect against?
- 1.7. What doens’t Secure Shell protect against?
- 1.8. What is the difference between SSH1 and SSH2?
- 1.9. Who maintains Secure Shell?
- 1.10. Can I run Secure Shell legally?
- 1.11. What operating systems does Secure Shell run on?
- 1.12. Shouldn’t I be using only SSH2?
2. Getting Secure Shell
- 2.1. Where is the official Secure Shell distribution and mirror sites?
- 2.2. How about getting other relatively free versions of Secure Shell?
- 2.3. How about getting commerically supported versions of Secure Shell?
3. Installing Secure Shell
- 3.1. What is the latest version of Secure Shell?
- 3.2. How do I install Secure Shell?
- 3.3. Does it make sense to install Secure Shell as a non-root user on UNIX?
- 3.4. Where do I get pre-compiled binaries for Secure Shell?
4. Running Secure Shell
- 4.1. How do I run SSH1?
- 4.2. How do I run SSH2?
- 4.3. How do I administer Secure Shell after I have the daemon running?
- 4.4. How do I get hostbased authentication to work with SSH2?
- 4.5. How do I get user public key authentication to work with SSH2?
- 4.6. Can I run Secure Shell from inetd?
5. Secure Shell and other applications
- 5.1. Can I run backups over ssh?
- 5.2. Can I use ssh to communicate across a firewall?
- 5.3. Can I use rdist or rsync with ssh?
- 5.4. Can I use ssh to securely connect two subnets across the Internet?
- 5.5. Can I use ssh to securely forward UDP-based services, such as NFS or NIS?
- 5.6. Can I use ssh to protect services like ftp or POP?
- 5.7. Can I use ssh across a Socks firewall?
- 5.8. Is there ssh support for AFS/Kerberos?
- 5.9. Can I use TCP wrappers for added security on Secure Shell?
- 5.10. How do I tunnel X through Secure Shell?
- 5.11 Can I forward SGI GL connections over ssh?
- 5.12 Does Secure Shell support digital certificates?
- 5.13 Does Secure Shell work with PGP keys?
6. Patches for Secure Shell
- 6.1. Applying patches for Secure Shell
- 6.2. Official patch distribution from Secure Shell Communications Security
- 6.3. Other patch distributions
7. Troubleshooting Secure Shell
- 7.1. Common compiling problems
- 7.2. General troubleshooting tips
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- 7.2.1. Ssh is doing wrong things for multi-homed hosts!
- 7.2.2. Ssh asks me for passwords despite .rhosts!
- 7.2.3. Why does ssh loop with “Secure connection refused’?
- 7.2.4. ssh hangs when forwarding multiple TCP connections.
- 7.2.5. I still see cleartext packages on the net when I run ssh!
- 7.2.6. I have problems with RSAREF, something to do with too many bits!
- 7.2.7. Connections are forwarded as root by ssh!
- 7.2.8. Why do I get a connection refused message?
- 7.3. X11 Forwarding problems
- 7.4. Linux
- 7.5. Solaris
- 7.6. Other operating systems
8. Getting support for Secure Shell
- 8.1. Who provides support for Secure Shell?
- 8.2. So, I’m confused. If Datafellows sells Secure Shell, what does SSH Communications Security do?
- 8.3. Secure Shell Mailing list
- 8.4. Tutorials
- 8.5. Web pages
- 8.6. Publications
9. Tips and Tricks of Secure Shell
- 9.1. Making Secure Shell more transparent to users
- 9.2. How do I find out which version of Secure Shell is running at the remote end?
- 9.3. How do I get SSH2 to compile on a MacOSX server?
- 9.4. Running SSH2 With SSH1 Compatibility
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