SSH Tips and Tricks
Time: Aug 28, 3:30 p.m.
In large IT environments with many servers running a variety of operating systems there are times when connection to a machine does not require the full graphical environment (VNC, RDP, NX, etc.). There are times when files need to be copied from one server to a dozen others securely interactively or by a process that does not have access to user credentials for remote systems. Installs, maintenance, statistics-gathering, and many other tasks can be handled via SSH with very little work as long as the knowledge is there to implement it. A presentation given a Novell's Brainshare conference sought to give out this information in a practical way covering a wide variety of situations. For an Open Source conference it is equally applicable as OpenSSH is one of the most widely-distributed packages in the world. The session can be a basic overview or an in-depth demonstration of tunneling ports, X windows, dynamically modifying the SSH connection, and implementing password-less logins depending on the needs of the community.
About Aaron Burgemeister
Aaron Burgemeister (Novell, Inc.)
For the last four (or so) years I've worked for Novell in their Support department. Currently I provide L3 support for Sentinel, Identity Manager, and Audit. My areas of greatest interest include identity, security, and *nix.
