SSH, or secure shell, is the mainstay of remote access and administration in the Linux world, and the lack of any straightforward equivalent has always been an awkward feature of the Windows world.

If your network doesn't allow connections into the default VNC port 5901, you can tunnel it through SSH. There are times when you need to remote into a Linux desktop. When that need arises, the most ...

I've got cygwin set up on my Windows based HTPC and have sshd running, port 22 open for local traffic only (not open on the router, just Windows Firewall). It's completing the connection, but ...