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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssh
Generally speaking, it's a remote logon system. So you can get a bash prompt on your Ubuntu laptop from the N800, or vice-versa (makes things a lot easier when you can work from a real computer with a real keyboard
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There's a actually a lot more to it, (scp and sftp would be things to look into—wikipedia, wikipedia, google) but that's the most common use.
Generally speaking, it's a remote logon system. So you can get a bash prompt on your Ubuntu laptop from the N800, or vice-versa (makes things a lot easier when you can work from a real computer with a real keyboard
).There's a actually a lot more to it, (scp and sftp would be things to look into—wikipedia, wikipedia, google) but that's the most common use.
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Apologies for asking such a general question about something that is covered exhaustively in the forums. But I have perused the threads pertaining to SSH, and I'm still not clear about SSH, what it does and how I use it.
I guarantee your kindness to me will be repaid one-googol fold in hacker heaven.