[SOLVED] openSSH - total newb who can't even read the tutorials....
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But I can't read them. They assume more than I know.
I want to use this to access sites like youtube and facebook. I don't know what I'm doing.
The first tutorial says,
"Check that ssh functions at all: SSH can replace telnet even without keys. Suppose you are connecting to the remote computer remote.edu. as user "dude". Run
$ ssh dude@remote.edu
and ssh will ask if you want to keep connecting, type "yes", and then it should ask for your password and open a shell in dude's home directory on remote.edu, just like telnet. If this fails, there is a problem somewhere. Make sure ssh is installed on your end, and also make sure that remote.edu is accepting ssh connections. If it's not, you're wasting your time.
Once ssh is functioning we will set up the keys so that it will no longer be necessary to send passwords. If you are curious about the theory of this then read up on "public key cryptography"."
So what variable should I use in place of "Dude?" and what is the actual value for @....? And where would I find this info? I'm a total beginner.
I guess so. Basically, I tried freevpnhosting.com, and it wouldnt' work. The cause was my router - apparently my router was too old or something. So i'm looking for other possibilities. I can't change the router. Astrill will not work. Strongvpn.com is behind a firewall.
Ok, so I'm trying to install Tor as per the last suggestion, but I ran into a problem. I was following the directions on this page: https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en#ubuntu and when I ran the command sudo apt-get update, I got this:
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://cn.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/cn.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-updates_universe_i18n_Index (1)
I tried running the update command again, and it shot this out:
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://cn.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
I'm pretty newb myself but I think he's trying to use ssh to tunnel around network restrictions like a socks proxies.
But the tor method might be easier
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