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2.5. Telnet/SSH

NOTE:  ivycom.com customers who have signed up after July 1, 1999 do not have telnet access.  Please use SSH client instead.

A telnet account is just another name for Unix/Linux UserID. When you sign up with us, you get a UserID and password. You may ask for more than one such UserID. See the Fee Schedule for pricing. Each telnet account for your domain has its own separate home directory, but shares the same www and FTP directories.

You need a telnet client program to access your telnet account. Simply put in yourdomain.com as the host, and connect to the server. When you are connected, you will be prompted for your UserID and password.

Some of the programs available at the shell prompt are:

  • mail - a primitive email program
  • pine - a more powerful email program
  • ftp - to FTP onto other sites
  • telnet - to telnet to other sites
  • pico - an easy to use text editor
  • vi - a not so easy to use (but standard) text editor
  • Joe - another easy to use text editor
  • lynx - a text-based world wide web browser.

In general, it's a pretty complete POSIX environment. You access these programs by typing in their names and then following commands relevant to each program. If you need help with any of the programs, at the shell prompt, type man and the name of the program to get instructions for that program online. If your problem is not knowing the name of the program, try apropos subject (i.e. apropos mail). It is important to remember that Unix is case-sensitive, and that "Index.htm" is not the same as "index.htm."

QUICK TIP: If you experience problems with your telnet program when accessing the above programs you will need to make a entry in your login directories .bash_profile file. Just add the following line to the file: export TERM=vt100. This will allow you to access all shell programs properly.

NOTE: Telnet account is provided for file manipulations such as changing permission settings, password protecting sub-directories, and other minor account maintenance. It is not provided as a full-blown Unix account. Please make sure that you not abuse your telnet previlige.

 9+ Character Names

A name of anywhere from 3-16 letters is legal for email accounts, FTP accounts, and telnet accounts. There is no limitation for file names on the server.

SSH

SSH (Secure Shell).  SSH is a secure version of telnet application that encrypts the session so that others cannot eavedrop on the session. This improves the security because password is never sent in the clear.  Hence, we are transitioning away from allowing telnet sessions toward using ssh.  This means that you need to get SSH client software on your local machine.

FAQ:

Which SSH Version are we running?
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We employ SSH v1.x.

Where do I get SSH software for my computer?
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This depends on what kind of computer you are using.

Win32 (Windows9x, Windows NT):
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raju:
ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin32/porters/Mathur_Raju
cigaly: http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ci2/ssh/
f-secure: http://www.datafellows.com/f-secure/fclintp.htm
secure crt: http://www.vandyke.com/products/SecureCRT/
ttssh: http://www.zip.com.au/~roca/ttssh.html
therapy: http://guardian.htu.tuwien.ac.at/therapy/ssh/
chaffee: http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/winntutil.html
sergey okhapkin: http://miracle.geol.msu.ru/sos/ or http://www.lexa.ru/sos/
putty: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty.html
fissh: http://www.massconfusion.com/ssh/

beos:
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  http://www.be.com/beware/Network/ssh.html

Windows CE:
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mov: http://www.movsoftware.com/sshce.htm

Java:
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java-applet: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~fapp2/software/java-ssh/
mindterm: client: http://www.mindbright.se/mindterm
mindtunnel: server: http://www.mindbright.se/mindtunnel.html

OS/2:
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ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/telnet/client/sshos203.zip

Macintosh:
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niftytelnet+ssh: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~jonasw/freeware.html
f-secure: http://www.datafellows.com/f-secure/fclintp.htm


UNIX:
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you can download the source code for SSH from the Internet. The central site
for
distributing ssh is ftp://ftp.cs.hut.fi/pub/ssh/.
Ssh is also available via anonymous ftp from the following sites:
Australia:
ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/pub/security/tools
Chile:
ftp://ftp.inf.utfsm.cl/pub/security/ssh
Finland:
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/security/login/ssh
Germany:
ftp://ftp.cert.dfn.de/pub/tools/net/ssh
Hungary:
ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/security/ssh
Ireland:
ftp://odyssey.ucc.ie/pub/ssh
Poland:
ftp://ftp.agh.edu.pl/pub/security/ssh
Portugal:
ftp://ftp.ci.uminho.pt/pub/security/ssh
Russia:
ftp://ftp.kiae.su/unix/crypto
Slovenia:
ftp://ftp.arnes.si/security/ssh
United Kingdom:
ftp://ftp.exweb.com/pub/security/ssh
United States:
ftp://ftp.net.ohio-state.edu/pub/security/ssh
United States:
ftp://ftp.gw.com/pub/unix/ssh

We refer you to http://www.employees.org/~satch/ssh/faq/ssh-faq-3.html which has been partially reproduced here.  Please read the licensing information carefully; there may be patent issues that restrict your right to use free versions.