I've just got SSH running for the first time, but I'm not convinced that I have the correct keys installed. I've generated a pair in Putty and copied the public one to my Slack box and entered

ssh-copy-id -i /home/fred/testpub.pub fred@127.0.0.1

When I use putty to connect, the password the linux box asks for is not the one I entered when making the putty pair, but fred's one from the linux box. I think I'm just confused as to what keys to use where. Is there a good tutorial anyone can recommend for SSH.

Also, is there a way of checking how secure my connection is? It's a bit of blind faith, at the moment, that the whole thing is working correctly. I would rather set a tool onto it that could tell me if my transmissions were secure or not.

Thanks

Is there a good tutorial anyone can recommend for SSH.
Ask an ye shall receive:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ticle&artid=79

Also, is there a way of checking how secure my connection is? It's a bit of blind faith, at the moment, that the whole thing is working correctly. I would rather set a tool onto it that could tell me if my transmissions were secure or not.
Don't know of anything specifically designed for SSH, but I know nessus performs some SSH tests. In general though, if you disallow root logins and only use SSH protocol version 2, then you should be in good shape.

Perfect thanks Capt_Caveman