SSH Tectia

SSH Tectia® Client/Server 6.0 (Windows)

Quick Start Guide

SSH Communications Security Corp.

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27 June 2008


Table of Contents

1. About This Document
Reference Documents
Component Terminology
Documentation Conventions
Operating System Names
Customer Support
2. Installation
Preparing for Installation
System Requirements
Hardware and Disk Space Requirements
Upgrading Previously Installed Secure Shell Software
License File
Creating Operating System User Accounts
Installing SSH Tectia Software
Installing SSH Tectia Client on Windows
Installing SSH Tectia Server on Windows
Removing SSH Tectia Software
Removing SSH Tectia Client and Server from Windows
3. Connecting to Remote Server
First Connection with Password
Creating Connection Profiles
Defining Connection Profile Settings
4. Configuring Authentication Methods
Server Authentication Methods
User Authentication with Passwords
User Authentication with Public Keys
Creating Keys with Key Generation Wizard
Uploading Public Key Automatically
Setting up Non-interactive Authentication for Automatic Scripts
5. Using Secure File Transfer
Using SFTP on SSH Tectia Client
Using SFTP on Command Line
Using SSH Tectia File Transfer GUI
Configuring SSH Tectia Server for a Secure File Transfer Use Case
Opening SSH Tectia Server Configuration GUI
Enabling Public-Key Authentication
Settings for the Admin Group
Settings for the SFTP-users Group
Settings for the Rest of Users
Automated Secure File Transfer Script
6. Using Secure Application Connectivity
Defining Automatic Tunnels
Settings in SSH Tectia Client
Settings in the Tunneled Application
Index