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Security: WebSSH

What is it?
Secure Shell (SSH) provides strong authentication and secure communications over insecure channels. It is intended as a replacement for rlogin, rsh, and rcp.

MindTerm is a Java language implementation of an SSH client, an applet applet that will run in a web browser. Since a Java-enabled web browser is virtually always available, this is great for faculty/staff users who may have no access to a SSH clients when traveling.

Requirements
  1. A browser which will allow Java applets to run.
  2. Supported Platforms
    Windows:
    • Netscape 4.06
    • Netscape 6
    • Internet Explorer 4.x
    		Macs:
    • IE 4.x and up
    		Unix:
    Not Tested

Using MindTerm

Power Users:
Go to http://webssh.decf.berkeley.edu.

Detailed Instructions:

Login to webssh.decf.berkeley.edu.berkeley.edu, then hop to the machine you really wanted. You must ssh to kepler.berkeley.edu to read your mail.

  1. Go to http://webssh.decf.berkeley.edu to create a new browser window. After a download of a few hundred kilobytes, a terminal window will pop up.
  2. You will be prompted for your username and password. Use your DECF username and password.
  3. Once you're logged into webssh.decf.berkeley.edu, you can ssh to other hosts.

 

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