> Just trying to figure out what I need to get ssh working on my box. The docs > are ok at openssh.org but kinda confusing to me, not sure where to start. So if > someone can suggest a nice book or some hints that would be cool. don't let the documentation overwhelm you... SSH is a very powerful tool; but it's also *really* simple to use. the SSH man page ought to start out with a 'quick start' paragraph; *then* launch into the scary whys and hows and wherefores. most distros have ssh available as one of their packages now. install the openssh, openssh-client, and/or openssh-server packages (or whatever they're named in your preferred distro). openssl will be a requirement, so you will have to install that, if you don't have it already. then just 'ssh <hostname>' from the box you installed on. to set up an ssh server; run /etc/init.d/sshd start (or whatever the path to the init script may be on your distro). it's all a heck of a lot simpler than the documentation makes it appear at first. :) Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700