If Linux dominated the world, I could use OpenSSH but business desktop reality still has Microsoft at its heart. Simon Tatham’s PuTTY is my favourite Windows SSH client. AWS people use PuTTY.

You can avoid command line tedium and simplify access to a fleet of servers by creating a flexible configuration file for your SSH client. Here’s how.

Always use the most up to date software when you connect to server-side resources. This helps protect you against software bugs that could compromise the security and confidentiality of your ...