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Linux Networking Cookbook

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Published in Jun 2016

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ISBN-13 9781785287916

Pages 152 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Authors (2):

Agnello Dsouza

Gregory Boyce

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Linux Networking Cookbook

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Preface

1. Configuring a Router

2. Configuring DNS

3. Configuring IPv6

4. Remote Access

5. Web Servers

6. Directory Services

7. Setting up File Storage

8. Setting up E-mail

9. Configuring XMPP

10. Monitoring Your Network

11. Mapping Your Network

12. Watching Your Network

Index

Using OpenSSH as a basic shell client

You have a number of client options if you're looking to access a shell on a system running an SSH daemon.

How to do it…

If you are connecting from another *nix system, such as Linux or Mac OS X, you can launch a terminal and use the SSH command-line tool from OpenSSH:

A free graphical SSH client called PuTTY is available for Linux, Mac, and Windows. PuTTY provides you a terminal on the remote system rather than providing any form of local shell access. Windows binaries and the sources to build *nix clients can be obtained at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/.
Various SSH clients are also available for Android and iOS devices.

How it works…

The OpenSSH client available on the terminal from systems similar to *nix is the simplest approach. Simply launch Terminal.app on your Mac or an xterm on your Linux system and run ssh username@host. If the username@ is omitted, then the ssh client will attempt to log in using your local username. The host...

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Authors (2)

Agnello Dsouza

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Gregory Boyce

Gregory Boyce is a technologist with nearly 20 years' experience using and managing Linux systems. When he's not at work or spending time with his wife and two daughters, he plays around with new technologies. Gregory has spent the last 15 years working at Akamai Technologies, where he has worked in roles ranging from Network Operations, Internal IT, Information Security, Software Testing, and Professional Services. Currently, he heads up the Linux OS team that manages Akamai's custom Linux operating system, which runs on their massively distributed customer-facing network.

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