[zeugma]

In addition to PKI encrypted communications for login sessions there is the scp command which enables you to copy entire file hierarchies from one machine to others with a single command and the use of shell meta characters.

Rsync is insanely powerful and efficient. Love, love love it. Makes my life easier when I need to replicate data from one host to another. Since it uses ssh, it's secure, and can also compress to reduce transmission times, among other things.

[lurked_for_a_decade]

Yup. Good stuff.