Just put on the finishing touches and released version 1.3 of my world famous software, WiSSH!
And since this is my blog, I’m going to talk about it a little bit!
WiSSH stands for Windows over SSH. What it does is give you a very secure way for you to remotely access Windows XP desktops and servers. Windows has what is called RDP, for Remote Desktop Protocol. It is a way to remotely control a system, quickly and easily. It is built in to Windows 2000 and 2003 Servers, and XP desktops.
WiSSH takes that protocol and tunnels it within SSH, which provides a high level of encryption security. Most people know that you do not ever allow a Windows system to actually touch the Internet without a firewall in place. Which would include the RDP port. Theoretically, hackers/crackers can keep connecting and guessing passwords to RDP until they get it. SSH lets you keep Windows off the Internet, and only allow access over the SSH port (port 22). Once you successfully connect and authenticate via SSH, you can connect to any internal system safely and easily. With WiSSH, all this is integrated into one easy to use client. The security can go as high as requiring you to have a private key file, that is password protected, that must exactly match the other half of the key, the public key, which is stored on the server. And then you would still need to know internal system names to connect to, and then still need to know the Windows name and password, just to gain access! So many layers of security can be difficult, but WiSSH ties it all together nicely. Need to know more? Take a look at the WiSSH website and most of your questions should be answered…

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