The Panix Help System -- Security Help

Security Help

Your Panix account (like any Internet account) exists on a public system in a worldwide network. Because of this, it's important to keep your account secure so that your email, account ID and even your "virtual identity" remain yours alone.

Look here for all kinds of info about keeping your account secure, and even enhancing that security with encryption, one-time passwords, etc.

Security Help Table of Contents:

Making your Panix account more secure:

Password Maintenance on Panix: how to change it, how to care for it, etc.
S/key one-time passwords: what they are and how to use them

Setting up your software for secure connections:

Getting the SSH host keys for Panix
Secure Shell (SSH) for Windows, including setup instructions for Tera Term SSH and PuTTY.
Detailed PuTTY setup instructions with screenshots
SSH in Mac OS X
MacSSH for MacOS 9.x and below

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