Secure connections can be even more secure or even less troublesome if you use a key pair and do it right. Both ssh and scp work fine when used with your account password. But when you use a ...

Public key authentication with SSH is possible with WinSCP, but it requires some work to set up. Chad Perrin details the steps. WinSCP is an open source tool for Windows that allows files to be safely ...

Secure access is essential in the world of high-performance computing (HPC). WAVE, Santa Clara University's HPC unit, allows users to securely connect via SSH (Secure Shell) for command-line access.

I enthusiastically use two-factor authentication whenever possible, because static passwords aren't the best mechanism around any moat. Traditional passwords are vulnerable to social engineering, ...

Using a set of public/private keys to allow you to log into a remote Linux system or run commands using ssh without a password can be very convenient, but setup is just tad tricky. Here's how and a ...