ssh lunt.math.northwestern.edu
(If the machine lunt is not available, try lunt2.math.northwestern.edu)
If your have different login names on the local and remote machines, type
ssh username@lunt.math.northwestern.edu
where username is your username in the department computer network.
The connection provided by ssh is secure because all the information is transmitted encrypted.
The ssh command works pretty much like rlogin, but you cannot use it for transferring files. For that purpose use scp or sftp. For instance, in order to copy the file foo from your home directory on the department network to the directory /tmp on your local machine type:
scp username@lunt.math.northwestern.edu:foo /tmp
The program sftp works like ftp, i.e., you open first a session
sftp username@lunt.math.northwestern.edu
and then transfer files with the usual commands put, get,
etc. The session ends with exit, quit, or bye.
Note: The secure shell (ssh) should also be used instead of telnet or rlogin for any connection between machines inside the Math Department, since it provides higher security.
After logging in to lunt it is highly recommended that you login to
some other public machine, since lunt is just an entry point to the
department and has minimal software installed - for instance we will
not be avaliable to check or send email on lunt.
SSH Secure Shell Version 3 Licensed by NU
Northwestern University has a Non-Commercial Use License Agreement
with SSH Communications Security Corporation for the campus-wide
distribution of SSH Secure Shell to students, faculty and staff.
Look at
http://charlotte.at.northwestern.edu/bef/sshdist.html for
more information.
PuTTY
PuTTY
is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 platforms,
written and maintained primarily by Simon Tatham.
Mac ssh
Mac versions of ssh: