SSH Client

To log in to our department Unix machines, you have to use a secure shell program. If you have used things like telnet or rlogin before, you will find ssh to be very similar. However, ssh automatically encrypts all communication between your computer and the Unix host to which you are connecting.

The following link will take you to a collection of secure shell client programs that are free and easy to use. These programs also have the advantage of being easy to install (just put a copy of the executable wherever you like on your system). I'd suggest getting a copy of putty.exe (for logging in) and psftp (for transferring files).