SSH Tunnel – An Alternative to VPN

SSH, the Secure Shell, is a standard protocol that encrypts communications between your computer and a server. The encryption prevents these communications from being viewed or modified by network operators. SSH can be used for a wide variety of secure communications applications, where secure log-in to a server and secure file transfers (SCP or SFTP) are the most common. SSH is a good alternative to VPN.

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