Does anyone know if there are MS-Dos or Mac versions of the ssh client? How much is ssh used? I've not seen much discussion of it but poking around an ISP yielded this: Ssh (Secure Shell) a program for logging into a remote machine and for executing commands in a remote machine. It is intended to replace rlogin and rsh, and provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbi- trary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel. and Usage: ssh [options] host [command] Options: -l user Log in using this user name. -n Redirect input from /dev/null. -a Disable authentication agent forwarding. -x Disable X11 connection forwarding. -i file Identity for RSA authentication (default: ~/.ssh/identity). -t Tty; allocate a tty even if command is given. -v Verbose; display verbose debugging messages. -q Quiet; don't display any warning messages. -f Fork into background after authentication. -e char Set escape character; ``none'' = disable (default: ~). -c cipher Select encryption algorithm: ``idea'' (default, secure), ``des'', ``3des'', ``tss'', ``arcfour'' (fast, suitable for bulk transfers), ``none'' (no encryption - for debugging only). -p port Connect to this port. Server must be on the same port. -L listen-port:host:port Forward local port to remote address -R listen-port:host:port Forward remote port to local address These cause ssh to listen for connections on a port, and forward them to the other side by connecting to host:port. -C Enable compression. -o 'option' Process the option as if it was read from a configuration file. Looks like a nice little implementation. Comments anyone? -- I hate lightning - finger for public key - Vote Monarchist unicorn@schloss.li