Chapter 15. OpenSSH for Macintosh

OpenSSH is supplied with Macintosh OS X and runs much like it does for other Unix-like operating systems. The primary differences and distinguishing features are:

  • Some extra setup before the OpenSSH server, sshd, can be accessed by the outside world

  • The software, which is a modified version of OpenSSH maintained by Apple

  • Some important differences in the way sshd is configured by default, such as invocation and Kerberos support

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