Pro OpenSSH (Expert's Voice in Open Source)

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Legacy Protocols: Why Replace Telnet, FTP, rsh, rcp, and rlogin with SSH?....Pages 3-15 A Quick SSH Implementation....Pages 17-34 Front Matter....Pages 35-35 The File Structure of OpenSSH....Pages 37-46 The OpenSSH Server....Pages 47-67 The OpenSSH Client....Pages 69-112 Authentication....Pages 113-144 Front Matter....Pages 145-145 TCP Forwarding....Pages 147-164 Managing Your OpenSSH Environment....Pages 165-198 Front Matter....Pages 199-199 Scripting with OpenSSH....Pages 201-226 SSH Tectia Server....Pages 227-240 Back Matter....Pages 241-285

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

1. Legacy Protocols: Why Replace Telnet, FTP, rsh, rcp, and rlogin with SSH?
2. A Quick SSH Implementation
3. The File Structure of OpenSSH
4. The OpenSSH Server
5. The OpenSSH Client
6. Authentication
7. Advanced Topics
8. TCP Forwarding
9. Managing Your OpenSSH Environment
10. Scripting with OpenSSH
11. SSH Tectia Server

* Authored by two Fortune 100 system administrators responsible for the architecture and deployment of OpenSSH across several hundred corporate servers. * Covers commonplace yet often confusing deployment scenarios that come up daily in enterprise environments, large and small. * Focuses upon the worlds most prevalent SSH implementation, OpenSSH. SSH, acronym for Secure Socket Shell, is for users and administrators wishing to establish secure communication between disparate networks. 'Pro OpenSSH', authored by two Fortune 100 system administrators, provides readers with a highly practical reference for configuring and deploying OpenSSH in their own environment