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More on SSH

The School has configured the sshd servers on its hosts such that you can simply login as above and do your work; however, you may find it easier to do your work if you explore some of SSH's features. Some of the more interesting features are discussed in the FAQ at

http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/faq/ssh.html

For instance, you can use SSH to do the following:

• run X applications at home (keep in mind that this can be very slow over a modem connection)
• charge your web traffic to your CSE ipquota instead of your ISP
• securely copy files between your home computer and your CSE account
• securely FTP files between your home computer and your CSE account

More advanced users can use SSH's concept of identity to generate SSH keys and thus move between different CSE accounts and hosts in an authorised and secure fashion. This is particularly useful for tutors and subject administrators who need to access the subject class account.

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