SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide

Secure Shell in the Enterprise

Microsoft Windows Command-Line Administrator's Pocket Consultant (Pro - Administrator's PC)

Shell

Implementing SSH: Strategies for Optimizing the Secure Shell

Format: Paperback
Author: Himanshu Dwivedi
ReleaseDate: 31 October, 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Rating:

Excellent book, great resource guide for SSH
Author has excellent approach to presenting the subject at hand. I found this book very informative, even for those who have a great understanding of SSH.

Would recommend to anyone interested in learning more about SSH.

Probably Not Everything You Need
If you are looking for a book that describes the differences between differnt implementations of SSH and a some nifty management and deployment options then this may be for you. If you are looking to implement SSH without previous experience with it, this book is not going to get it done for you. You might condsider this book if you were deciding how to best deploy an SSH product in a large organization.

To quote the author, ". . . . this book does not cover the ins and outs of SSH as a protocol. . . . . . Instead, it covers the ins and outs of implementing and optimizing SSH. " Products covered include OpenSSH, OpenSSH(Win32), SSH from SSH Communications, VShell, Secure CRT, Putty, F-Secure, Mindterm, and WinSCP.

The author has substantial knowledge of the different SSH products. The author describes some standard and not-so standard ways SSH can be used in an organization to get the job done. This book is pretty easy to read and the information is useful.

On the downside, I would have liked to buy just one book for SSH. I use OpenSSH. Unfortunately this book didn't give me enough details to satisfy me. I need to know how something works before I deploy it. For OpenSSH, I recommend the SANS Press book on "OpenSSH" as a how to guide to fill the void.

I give this book 3 stars.

Worth getting!
I read the ORA book about SSH, but I'm ready to present the "how" to my manager and I needed a book. Finally, a book that actually tells me how to deploy SSH. This is the one!.