[Cialug] Remote Access

[carl-olsen at mchsi.com]

The port should be 22 and SSH, if you are using PuTTY.

-------------- Original message from "Daniel A. Ramaley" <daniel.ramaley at DRAKE.EDU>: -------------- 


> Please don't use telnet. It is good as a diagnostic tool (telnetting to 
> port 80 of a web server, or 25 of an SMTP server), but not for logins. 
> Well, it is OK for logins if your intention is to let the world know 
> your password. That's generally not recommended, however. 
> 
> This question is on the order of "Is it plugged in?", so please don't be 
> offended if it seems silly... 
> Is SSH actually running on the Linux box? Can you connect to the Linux 
> box with SSH from another machine at home? 
> 
> The next possibility: What ISP are you using? Do they block inbound SSH? 
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