On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 02:22:09AM +0000, Susan Chan Lee wrote: > Does anyone know how to set-up a secure remote connection using > netcat, in that one which uses authenication or port filtering > (without the need to install any other wrapper software).
mhm ... If you need port filtering, you may install a firewall on the machine. But ... why to establish a remote shell via netcat? > I have a requirement were I need to connect to a remote machine and > get a command prompt. We all know how to do this via netcat by > setting up a listening port. My concern is that I do not want to > leave the port open for anyone to connect. > > It would be great if when someone connects authenication is required, > hence in effect all I need is to connect to a remote machine, get > prompted for a password and then get a command prompt, if netcat > cannot do this, does anyone know any other peice of software (not > NetBIOS or SMB)? A great tool for remote control of Unix and Windows machines is OpenSSH. It encrypts the data and provides strong authentification. http://www.openssh.com And for MS Windows: http://www.networksimplicity.com/openssh/ Ulrich Keil -- http://www.der-keiler.de PGP Fingerprint: 5FA4 4C01 8D92 A906 E831 CAF1 3F51 8F47 1233 9AAD Public key available at http://www.der-keiler.de/uk/pgp-key.asc -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s-:- a-- C++ UL+++ P++ L+++ E--- W+++ N++ o- K- w-- O- M- V- PS PE Y+ PGP++ t+ 5 X R tv b+ DI- D++ G e h-- r++ y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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