Obtaining an SSH client

Free SSH clients are listed at http://www.freessh.org/ At this writing, this site does not seem to list any free Macintosh clients. However, MacOS X is equipped with a command-line SSH client, which can be launched from within the Terminal application. If you're using ``classic'' MacOS, you can obtain an SSH client from http://www.macssh.com.

Here are specific directions for installing SSH Secure Shell Client, which is free for personal or educational use, and includes a secure ftp client for file transfer. (However, at some 6.5 MB, it is a large file to download. Some of the other clients at the FreeSSH site are considerably smaller, but they have fewer features.)

• While connected to the Internet, point your web browser to http://www.ssh.com.
• Click on the Download link, then SSH Secure Shell for Workstations, then Non-commercial downloads, and choose a suitable download mirror location (preferably in the USA).
• Download the most recent version of the SSH client to any place on your hard drive. (Internet Explorer may offer you the choice of executing it; this is OK too since that is the next step.) At this writing the most recent version is SSHSecureShellClient-3.2.0.exe.
• Execute the file you downloaded. This can be done by double-clicking on it. This installs the SSH client on your computer. You can accept the default options in the dialog that ensues.
• When finished, the SSH client (for telnet-like connections) and the SSH ftp client (for file transfer) should appear on your desktop and in the applications menu.

If your Internet connection is so slow that the size of the download is prohibitive for you, ask one of the computer science faculty for a CD that you can borrow, which contains the SSH Client installation package.