Book Description

SSH, or Secure Shell, is the de facto standard among users and administrators who wish to establish secure communication between disparate networks. This book is authored by a Fortune 100 system administrator, who will provide you with a highly practical reference for configuring and deploying OpenSSH in your own environment. Some of the topics covered in this book include: OpenSSH installation and configuration, key management, secure logging, client/server architectures, and digital certificates. The author also provides you with complete deployment scenarios that arise daily in enterprise environments, both large and small. Table of Contents Legacy Protocols: Why Replace Telnet, FTP, rsh, rcp, and rlogin with SSH? A Quick SSH Implementation The File Structure of OpenSSH The OpenSSH Server The OpenSSH Client Authentication Advanced Topics TCP Forwarding Managing Your OpenSSH Environment Scripting with OpenSSH SSH Tectia Server