| Feature
| Meaning
|
| Name
| The product name. If followed by "(recommended)," we have evaluated the program and recommend its use. If a product isn't listed as recommended, it might still be good, but we didn't evaluate it thoroughly.
|
| Platform
| Does it run on Windows, Macintosh, Unix, etc.? We don't list specific Windows variants (NT, 98, 2000, etc.) because we couldn't test them all. Contact the vendor for details.
|
| Version
| What is the most recent version number at press time?
|
| License or distribution
| How may this program be distributed? We provide only a summary of the licensing information; see the product documentation for full information.
|
| Protocol
| Does it implement SSH-1, SSH-2, or both?
|
| Remote logins
| Can the product open a login shell to a remote machine? We write either "ssh" to denote a command-line interface à la SSH1 or SSH2, or "terminal program" to denote a graphical interface
|
| Remote commands
| Can it invoke individual commands on a remote SSH server machine, in the manner of the ssh client (i.e., providing a command string as a final argument)?
|
| File transfer
| What program, if any, transmits files securely between machines?
|
| Server
| Does it include an SSH server?
|
| Authentication
| What forms of authentication are supported?
|
| Key generation
| Can it generate private/public key pairs?
|
| Agent
| Does it include an SSH agent?
|
| Forwarding
| Does it support port forwarding, X forwarding, both, or neither?
|
| Notes
| General information and supporting details.
|
| Contact
| URL to locate the software. |
The remainder of this section is an extended table summarizing the many SSH implementations.
| Name
| Chaffee Port
| Free FiSSH
| F-Secure SSH Client (recommended)
| Mathur Port
|
| Platform
| Windows
| Windows, 2000
| Windows
| Windows
|
| Version
| 1.2.14a
| ?
| 4.1
| 1.2.22-Win32-beta1
|
| License or distribution
| ?
| Free for noncommercial use
| Commercial
| Some GNU Public License, some other
|
| Protocol
| SSH-1
| SSH-1
| SSH-1, SSH-2
| SSH-1
|
| Remote logins
| ssh
| Terminal program
| Terminal program and ssh2 command-line client
| ssh
|
| Remote commands
| ssh
| ?
| ssh2
| ssh
|
| File transfer
| scp
| ?
| scp2, sftp2, graphical sftp client
| scp
|
| Server
| No
| ?
| No
| sshd
|
| Authentication
| Password, public-key
| ?
| Password, public-key
| Password, public-key
|
| Key generation
| ssh-keygen
| ?
| Yes
| ssh-keygen
|
| Agent
| No
| ?
| No
| ?
|
| Forwarding
| Port, X
| ?
| Port, X
| X, port
|
| Notes
| Undocumented; based on SSH1 1.2.14
| Unstable, in our experience (hence much missing information in this entry)
| Also available for Macintosh
| Barely documented alpha software, from 1998; port of SSH1 1.2.22 with cygnus dll.
|
| Contact
| [162]
| |
| Name
| SSH Secure Shell (recommended)
| SecureCRT (recommended)
| SecureFX (recommended)
| SecureKoalaTerm
|
| Platform
| Windows
| Windows
| Windows
| Windows
|
| Version
| 2.1.0
| 3.1.2
| 1.0
| 1.0
|
| License or distribution
| Free for noncommercial use
| Commercial
| Commercial
| Shareware
|
| Protocol
| SSH-2
| SSH-1, SSH-2
| SSH-2
| SSH-1, SSH-2
|
| Remote logins
| Terminal program
| Terminal program
| No
| Terminal emulator
|
| Remote commands
| No
| No
| No
| No
|
| File transfer
| Graphical scp2
| Zmodem (secure)
| FTP (secure)
| Zmodem (secure)
|
| Server
| No
| No
| No
| No
|
| Authentication
| Password, public-key
| Password, public-key, TIS
| Password, public-key
| Password, public-key
|
| Key generation
| Yes
| RSA, DSA
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Agent
| No
| No
| No
| No
|
| Forwarding
| Port, X
| Port, X
| No
| No
|
| Notes
| This recent product could bring SSH2 to the masses; the scp2 client is particularly nice, emulating the Windows Explorer, permitting remote files to be dragged securely between machines; extensive documentation; SSH2 server is a separate product
| A solid performer; our favorite of the commercial Windows clients
| A secure, graphical FTP client for SSH2
| Graphical terminal emulator with SSH support
|
| Contact
| |
| Name
| therapy Port
| TTSSH (recommended)
| Zoc
| sshCE
|
| Platform
| Windows
| Windows
| Windows
| Windows CE
|
| Version
| 0.2
| 1.5.1
| 3.14
| 1.00.40
|
| License or distribution
| See Notes
| Freely distributable
| Commercial
| Freeware
|
| Protocol
| See Notes
| SSH-1
| SSH-1
| SSH-1
|
| Remote logins
| See Notes
| Terminal program
| Terminal program
| Terminal program
|
| Remote commands
| See Notes
| No
| No
| No
|
| File transfer
| See Notes
| Kermit, Xmodem, Zmodem, B-Plus, Quick-VAN (all secure)
| Kermit, Ymodem, Zmodem
| No
|
| Server
| See Notes
| No
| No
| No
|
| Authentication
| See Notes
| Password, public-key, trusted-host, TIS
| Password
| Password
|
| Key generation
| See Notes
| No
| No
| No
|
| Agent
| See Notes
| No
| No
| No
|
| Forwarding
| See Notes
| Port, X
| No
| No
|
| Notes
| Unsupported and no longer in development; based on SSH1 1.2.20
| Popular; an SSH extension to Teraterm Pro, a free terminal program
| Full-featured terminal program
| Currently this is beta software
|
| Contact
| |