Wednesday, 9 March 2016

Simple SSH for Windows Wizards - PowerShell Support is Nigh!

Secure Shell (SSH) sometimes known as Secure Socket Shell is something that comes from the UNIX world but is occasionally needed by Windows wizards as well.

A basic level knowledge of SSH is therefore cannot be avoided.

SSH in the UNIX world refers to the command-line tool and protocol to access a remote computer. It is used widely in network administration.

The connection is encrypted at both ends with a digital certificate, passwords too are encrypted.

Microsoft have announced they will bring SSH to PowerShell.

Also interesting is Posh-SSH.

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