Mac Forum / General / Networking / September 2004

In a previous thread regarding VPN, ssh tunneling and secure
videoconferencing, Tacit wrote:

That was very helpful, Tacit.

I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I don't exactly know what it
means to "set up my computer with an SSH server..."

I've got a 466 mhz G4, with OS 10.3.x. I could get a newer computer, if
necessary. I've got an airport base station, plugged into my DSL modem.
Do I need any other hardware to set up my computer with an ssh server?
Like, do I need another machine running as a dedicated server?

Is it possible to contract with a third party provider for the ssh
server? Sort of like the third party domain name server I use now?

I think you suggest that if I set up my computer with an ssh server, the
user on the other end would only need to install software, and then some
hand-holding from me to configure it. The user on the other end would
need no other hardware, aside from a broadband connection. Correct?

To answer your questions from the previous thread:

--yes, I would have control over who initiated the conference. We'd
probably make preliminary contact by instant messenger or telephone or
something.

--The platform on the other end will likely be Windows, most of the
time. I don't need to accommodate every ancient OS, though. If I can
accommodate Windows XP and Mac OS X, at least at first, I'll be good to go.

I hope I'm not being a pest. If I know these answers, I think I can go
away and figure out the rest myself.

Have a nice weekend.

Tim