SSH Mastery · OpenSSH, PuTTY, Tunnels and Keys

Secure Shell (SSH) lets systems administrators securely manage remote systems. But most people only use the bare minimum SSH offers. Used properly, SSH simplifies your job and improves security.

This book saves you from sifting a decade of obsolete online tutorials and quickly gets you running:SSH with the OpenSSH server and the PuTTY and OpenSSH clients. You will:

Eliminate passwords.

Manage access to your SSH server by users, groups, addresses, and more

Securely move files around your network

Forward graphic displays from one host to another

Forward TCP/IP connections

Centrally manage host keys and client configurations

Use SSH as a secure transport for other applications

Secure applications run over SSH

Build Virtual Private Networks with OpenSSH

And more! This book quickly and painlessly simplifies life for anyone using SSH.

Review

"Michael W. Lucas is one of my favorite technical authors, and every book he writes is a must-read for IT professionals." - Richard Bejtlich, CSO, MANDIANT, and TaoSecurity blogger

"...SSH Mastery is a title that Unix users and system administrators like myself will want to keep within reach..." - Peter Hansteen

"This stripping-down of the usual tech-book explanations gives it the immediacy of extended documentation on the Internet. ...an in-depth presentation from someone who used OpenSSH to do a number of things, and paid attention while doing it." - Justin Sherrill, DragonFly BSD Digest