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SSH port tunnels

SSH port tunnels - Linux Tutorial

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SSH port tunnels

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- [Instructor] We've talked about using different protocols for remote GUI access. If you want step-by-step instructions on how to install and configure programs for remote desktop on Linux, search for my desktops and remote access course in the course library. In that course, I have separate videos for remote desktop protocols. Now, let's talk about remote access using SSH, and some of the other features of that protocol. SSH comes built in to every Linux distribution, although it might not be turned on by default. SSH is a powerful and very underused tool. SSH can provide remote login functionality. SSH can execute commands remotely, even without an interactive login. SSH has the ability to copy files across a network with the SCP command, and it has an interactive interface like FTP, but secure. SSH can act as a generic encrypted tunnel that we can pipe data through, and also has several different port forwarding modes.…

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