What is an SSL VPN ?

An SSL VPN stands for Secure Sockets Layer virtual private network. SSL VPN allows the users to remotely access the restricted network resources via a secure and authenticated pathway. It give the appearance to the user that the user is connected to a local network irrespective of his/her geographical location.

How to download SSL VPN for Linux ?

ASU offers SSL VPN to all of its users. A user can download SSL VPN from myapps.asu.edu.

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Examples of SSH

How to SSH from Windows PC to Unix / Linux Workstation

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What is ssh?

Ssh (Secure Shell) is a program to log into another computer over a network, to execute commands in a remote machine, and to move files from one machine to another. It provides strong authentication and secure communications over unsecure channels. It is intended as a replacement for rlogin, rsh, and rcp, but also replaces telnet.

Additionally, ssh provides secure X connections and secure forwarding of arbitrary TCP connections.

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Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical termin

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Linux / UNIX Commands

For a basic introduction to linux / UNIX take a look at this linux_introduction.pdf

Listing files and directories

Name: ls

Description: You can use the ls command to list the files in a directory.

Syntax:

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Welcome to the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at Arizona State University!

The following information will be helpful in setting up your ASU accounts and gaining acess to several other applications and services.

ASURITE Activation

ASU will send an email to the address you used to create your account on the ASU HR new applicant website. Use the activation code provided in the email to activate ASURITE authentication.

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The following is a list of some of the school's important servers:

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Introduction

The school offers faculty and students the possibility of creating their own web page on "math" and "mathpost" server respectively. Below is a basic introduction to get you started on creating an homepage on these servers. Using HTML (the "hypertext markup language") to create web pages is beyond the scope of this document, but many good sources of information are available on the web. So just to get you started we would recommend you to build your web page using seamonkey. Attached SoMSS template is editable through seamonkey.