An SSH client allows you to connect to a remote computer running an SSH server. The Secure Shell (SSH) protocol is often used for remote terminal connections, allowing you to access a text-mode terminal on a remote computer as if you were sitting of it.
It can also be used for SSH tunneling, SCP file transfers, and other things.Windows
Windows still doesn’t offer a built-in SSH command. Microsoft made some noise about integrating an official SSH client into PowerShell back in 2015, but we haven’t heard much about it since. So the most popular and widely recommended solution for connecting to SSH servers is an open source, third-party application called PuTTY.
Download PuTTY and launch it to get started. You can download either an installer that included PuTTY and related utilities. or a putty.exe file that can function as a portable application.
Type the host name or IP address of the SSH server into the “Host name (or IP address)” box. Ensure the port number in the “Port” box matches the port number the SSH server requires. SSH servers use port 22 by default, but servers are often configured to use other port numbers instead. Click “Open” to connect.
You’ll see a security alert the first time you try to connect to a server. This tells you that you haven’t previously connected to this server. That’s expected, so click “OK” to continue.
If you see this warning in the future after already having connected to the server once, that indicates the server’s encryption key fingerprint is different. Either the server administrator has changed it or someone is intercepting your traffic and…
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