The server is the computer you connect to and it should be running something like Cygwin ssh server. The client is the computer you are connecting from and it runs an client like PuTTY. With VNC & SSH each PC can be both server and client however.
Carl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Cassady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jordan Share" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "John Swanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:49 PM Subject: RE: Automatic Encryption > On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Jordan Share wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:47:40 -0800 > > > You might want to investigate putty (linked to from the openssh.org > > > web site). > > > > > > It's an ssh implementation for Windows; 30 second install -- and > > > you're up and running. I've used it for a couple of years on a variety > > > of Windows machines, W98-W2000, with zero problems... > > > > > > -Bill > > > > I'm pretty sure he's referring to a server, not a client. > > Ooops! Of course... > > But, wait a minute, which is server and which is client? > You can telnet OUT of a Win box, but you can't telnet IN. > Same with ssh; what good would that do? > > It doesn't meet my need for safety to connect a naked Win box to th > Internet anyway. I have a 486 Linux box for that. I can ssh to > it, and from there reach Linux boxes on th internal LAN -- and from > one of those VNC to th Win boxes... > > Very simple. > > Easier and better for me than try for an ssh server/client on Windows... > > > Putty does kick a lot of ass tho. :) > > Yep. It's what makes Windows *useable* for me. > Wish it would just run from the DOS prompt tho. ;) > > -Bill > > Jordan > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
