[KLUG Members] SSH

[Bruce Damkoehler]

Randall Perry wrote:

> SSH is setup on the mail server (RedHat 7.2).  Now I need to setup
> secure access to an AIX database server.  I was thinking of using port
> forwarding through Putty on the Windows (laptops) clients to connect
> remote salesmen to the database on the AIX box.  Would it be simpler to
> just port forward to the internal AIX box through the AIX box, or
> install SSH on AIX?  If so, what's the recommendation on SSH? Should I
> use SSH3.1?  Any know issues for 4.3.2 running SSH (there always have
> been somewhere according to what I have seen on web posts)
>
> I am open to any idea (or rethinking the whole thing).
>
> Randall Perry
> www.domain-logic.com
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I can't answer your question of what to do, but if you opt to install ssh
on AIX I can point you at some info
(http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/tutorials/aix_sshd/index.html). I used
this to install ssh on an aix box a couple of weeks ago.