Question about using SSH for the first time
 

Greetings,
I am just starting to learn how to use SSH in Linux's terminal console for the first time. My question is this; when I try to SSH into some remote object (let's say a Bulliten Board System for example), doesn't that remote object have to also have SSH installed and running as well or does it matter?

Thanks

The machine you want to connect to has to have a SSH server running, for the machine you are connecting from the client is sufficient.

And you also need to have an account on the remote machine to log into (username and a password or key file). You won't be able to ssh into a bulletin board system unless that bulletin board system is running an active ssh server and you have a user account, both of which are unlikely, I would think.

... why is it unlikely?

A BBS is typically just a web service for message passing, why would they grant users dedicated accounts on the operating system itself with ssh access? I mean they could, I suppose, but I doubt it. If I ran a BBS I certainly wouldn't do that, it would be a security nightmare.