SSH tunnels on a Mac

The gang at the weekend tried to con me into writing up a brief thing about security for Mac people, some of whom (it transpires) are so hypnotised by all those pretty flashing lights that they don’t know beans about security. (Yeah, yeah, if you find this offensive, just think back to the last time that you told the whole Linux community that we don’t know what good UI is.) Anyway, I’ve been mulling over the best way to approach a short, punchy security bible (or possibly a security N Commandments) for OS X users, and Richard Rutter points out that Doug Bowman has just done it. That saves me a job, then :-)

One Response to “SSH tunnels on a Mac”

  1. The description isn’t totally accurate. If you were to login to a hosted web email service like gmail, that is usually done over SSL, in which case your username and password will be encrypted.

    Christopher Baus

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