How to create the SSH config file What you'll need: The only things you'll need for this are a desktop machine with OpenSSH installed and 1 or more servers that allow SSH connections.

What is ssh_config? You may be surprised by how much of SSH client behavior can be configurable. Without a config file, specifying command line arguments to SSH becomes cumbersome quickly: ...

You could put the name in your /etc/hosts file, or you could set up a local DNS server, but you can also solve this problem using ssh's config file. To create an ssh config file execute the commands: ...

Here's how to use the secure copy command, with SSH key authentication, for a more secure way to copy files to your remote Linux servers.

ssh -ND 9070 <username>@<host IP> -p 6996 Then in your selected application, go to the network settings and forward traffic through SOCKSv5 port 9070.

The basic was SSH runs is with keys, you create SSH keys in Mac OS X using the ssh-keygen command in Terminal. This feature looks at how to generate an SSH key pair in Terminal.

SSH known hosts store server fingerprints to prevent security risks. Learn how to use SSH known host commands to manage entries on Linux systems.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Having an SSH or Secure SHell to tunnel your traffic through is something we have talked about many times at Null Byte. As we know, it allows ...

Here's a quick example of how to perform a GitHub SSH clone operation. In just five minutes, learn how to create SSH keys, configure them in GitHub and perform the GitHub clone with SSH keys in Git.