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Every time I read the ssh manpage, I learn something new. This is after over 15+ yrs of using ssh. It is an amazing tool. It is the sonic screwdriver for UNIX systems connectivity.
But ssh does more than just normal connectivity stuff. Much more.
Everyone could learn a little more about ssh and stop doing things the hard way – PLUS using ssh is likely more secure than whatever we are doing today. Win-Win. Both more efficient AND more secure. How often does that happen in the real world?
For example, did you know that vim supports remote editing of files through ssh and rsync?
$ vim rsync://dev/projects/gallery/src/templates/search.html.ttThis works with gvim too. Kewl!
Smylers’s article SSH Can Do That? Productivity Tips for Working with Remote Servers is a great resource for all these magical techniques. I won’t repeat it here – let’s just say that in 15+ yrs using ssh, I learned 4 new, useful, things from that article. Time to get modifying my ~/.ssh/config files now.
If you are completely new to ssh features, here’s a nice, short, article from diogemelo to get you started. These are fairly standard uses.
ssh is enough for
- secure remote access to files via sftp
- secure remote filesystem access via sshfs
- secure remote CLI/shell access to systems with plain ssh
- secure remote desktops via x2go/freenx
- secure remote file replication with rsync (ssh is the default rsync protocol)
- secure port forwarding of selected ports
- secure remote editing with vim/gvim and other editors
- pseudo-VPN with sshuttle <— this may be helpful.
ssh really is the toolbox for remote connectivity.
A good resource about all things ssh is the wikibooks OpenSSH Client Conf entry.
Of course, ssh security doesn’t start and stop with using keys. We need to do more.
Are there great ssh things that you know NOT in his article?
