Subject: Re: ssh windows clients & traveling
To: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.stanford.edu>
From: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@cats.ucsc.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/12/1997 14:36:17
	The ssh web pages have a pointer to the Data Fellows site which sells
ssh for Macs and Pcs running the USOFT OS's.  
-Brian

On Sep 12,  1:36pm, Bill Studenmund wrote:
} Subject: ssh windows clients & traveling
} Sorry that this is slightly off-topic, but y'all do tend to have good
} answers. :-)
} 
} Tonight, I'm off to a conference on Cape Cod (woo hoo! :-) for a week. I'd
} like to be able to log in and read EMail while I'm gone. The conference
} will have PC's and Macs available for our use.
} 
} The problem is that I'm VERY loath to type in a plain-text password in
} across the contry. Most of our EMail servers use kerberos, and I don't
} want to give away that password.
} 
} I have two ideas, and welcome suggestions & comments.
} 
} 1) Use S/Key to log into an i386 I have running NetBSD, and then run a
} program to generate a kerberos ticket w/o typing in the password. Then
} log into other servers. (I don't mind people seeing the EMail, just the
} password)
} 
} I tried a simple shell program,
} 
} #!/bin/sh
} echo "my kerberos passwd" | kinit wrstuden
} 
} but it still went to the command line for input. Can I get kinit to take
} piped input?
} 
} 2) Use ssh somehow. Does anyone know of a windows or MacOS client which
} is shareware, or commercial with a trial period? Also, I don't know the IP
} address on the other side. Is there some way I can set the client & sshd
} so that it works w/o IP-address identification? So the client says "I'm
} me", and they talk to each other in their random keys. ??
} 
} Thanks!
} 
} A slightly harried Bill
} 
>-- End of excerpt from Bill Studenmund