Connecting to The Unix System
Your first step in using Unix is to connect to the Unix system. Exactly how you connect will vary depending on what kind of Internet connection you use, but the following steps should get you started.
About ConnectingOnce upon a time, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, Unix users connected to their systems using telnet. With telnet, your password and everything else you do is sent straight across the wire and can be easily read by anyone on the same part of the network. Yikes is right! That’s why, more and more, ISPs and system administrators require something called SSH (Secure SHell) to connect to their systems. With SSH, everything is encrypted, precisely the way your Web connection is encrypted when you use ... |
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