Posted on 06/02/2015 6:59:47 PM PDT by dayglored
Microsoft has finally decided to add support for SSH to PowerShell, allowing people to log into Windows systems and use software remotely over an encrypted connection.
Users of Linux, the BSDs, and other operating systems, will know all about OpenSSH and its usefulness in connecting machines in a secure way to execute commands and transfer data. And soon Windows PowerShell – the command-line shell and scripting language – can be used over SSH, we're told.
"The PowerShell team [will] adopt an industry-proven solution while providing tight integration with Windows; a solution that Microsoft will deliver in Windows while working closely with experts across the planet to build it," wrote Microsoft group software engineering manager Angel Calvo.
"I’m pleased to announce that the PowerShell team will support and contribute to the OpenSSH community."
PowerShell's SSH support will allow users to "interoperate between Windows and Linux – both Linux connecting to and managing Windows via SSH and, vice versa, Windows connecting to and managing Linux via SSH."
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Nice. BTW — how did you uninstall KB3035583?
Its about time.
I do question if they did it correctly.
Muck it up and its a sure fire backdoor for hackers.
yes. on a client’s laptop; I never allowed it to install on my own laptop in the first place.
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