I'm gonna have a beer. Y'all will excuse me...
Posted on 06/02/2015 6:59:47 PM PDT by dayglored
Microsoft has finally decided to add support for SSH to PowerShell, allowing people to log into Windows systems and use software remotely over an encrypted connection.
Users of Linux, the BSDs, and other operating systems, will know all about OpenSSH and its usefulness in connecting machines in a secure way to execute commands and transfer data. And soon Windows PowerShell – the command-line shell and scripting language – can be used over SSH, we're told.
"The PowerShell team [will] adopt an industry-proven solution while providing tight integration with Windows; a solution that Microsoft will deliver in Windows while working closely with experts across the planet to build it," wrote Microsoft group software engineering manager Angel Calvo.
"I’m pleased to announce that the PowerShell team will support and contribute to the OpenSSH community."
PowerShell's SSH support will allow users to "interoperate between Windows and Linux – both Linux connecting to and managing Windows via SSH and, vice versa, Windows connecting to and managing Linux via SSH."
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Another rotten chunk of Ballmer's inane managerial legacy bites the dust, and sanity breaks through like sunshine on a cloudy day!!
For decades we have tolerated Cygwin and various other solutions to the perennial problem of "How the hell do you login to Windows and get a shell?!??"
(Mind you, I like Cygwin much of the time. But it's a 3rd party bolt-on with the accompanying difficulties.)
We be happy. WE BE VERY HAPPY!!
I'm gonna have a beer. Y'all will excuse me...
I’m not a techie, so I don’t have a clue what you are talking about.
However, my laptop runs Windows 7 and tonight I have a tray icon that says “Get Windows 10”.
Any advice? Go for it? Wait? Run away?
Thank you all in advance.
SSH Secure Shell is a way to login (username, password) and get a Command Prompt. It's for techies, and we've been waiting for this for decades. That's why the party.
The Windows 10 tray icon is how you pre=register to get the free download of the Windows 10 update when it becomes available in two months (end of July).
No relation between these two things.
Overall, it's a good thing, especially if you like Windows 8/8.1. And it'll be free for a year so there's actually no rush.
You can wait a few months and watch as they work the bugs out. Might not be a bad plan.
Personally I prefer Windows 7 and will stick with it for a long time. I do plan to upgrade ONE of my Win7 systems to Windows 10 and get used to it, since clearly that is where Windows is going and Microsoft WILL have their way with us, sooner or later.
So I would wait a little while, maybe Fall or Winter of this year. See how it pans out, then go for it if you like what you see.
Free advice, worth every penny you pay for it. :-)
About damn time.
>However, my laptop runs Windows 7 and tonight I have a tray icon that says “Get Windows 10”.
Mine did to. I removed it.
Many thanks, FRiend!
Thanks. A question I have wanted to ask.
No kidding.
I remember 15+ years ago having to d*ck around with TELNET services to sort-of get a "remote login" command shell and it was lame beyond comprehension.
Ballmer's retarded view of Windows stunted its growth for a decade and a half, more!
You can’t really get rid of it. Yes, you can uninstall the KB file that does the download and you can hide the tray icon with a right click, but I have several folders worth of GWX going back several months that I haven’t been able to delete because they were installed by TrustedInstaller instead of administrator.
Because NO MORE BALLMER. Because Windows finally has a chance to SHINE without that idiot at the controls!!
This isn't the first time Microsofties have tried to adopt SSH for Windows. Engineers at Redmond giant say they had tried on two separate occasions to allow the secure protocol to be used within Windows, attempts that were struck down by leadership.I have worked with and on Windows almost since its inception in the mid-80's. My dislike of Ballmer's pig-headed executive/management regime is nearly as old.Third-party SSH tools have been available on Windows for years, but this announcement is effectively Microsoft's official endorsement of the open-source technology.
The change in policy has been linked directly to changes at the top of Microsoft – the departure of Steve Ballmer as CEO and the rise of Satya Nadella, a move that MS employees say brought a change in culture and perspective in Redmond.
"Given our changes in leadership and culture, we decided to give it another try and this time, because we are able to show the clear and compelling customer value, the company is very supportive," Calvo wrote.
To any fellow FReeper who is a Ballmer fan -- you're as welcome to your opinion as I am to mine, and you may feel just as free to voice yours here.
About time. I hope it’s more like SecureCRT than puTTY but I’ll take it!
Personally I prefer Windows 7 and will stick with it for a long time. I do plan to upgrade ONE of my Win7 systems to Windows 10 and get used to it, since clearly that is where Windows is going and Microsoft WILL have their way with us, sooner or later.”
I like my Win 7 computers as well and will stick with them But like you, will probably put Win 10 on one machine eventually.
I understand that folks on another board - techies -have downloaded the Win 10, but it just resides there until one actively installs it.
Out of sight out of mind.
So far, that's true.
The official release isn't for another two months.
So far, Windows 10 pre-releases have been the "Technical Preview" downloads, which are completely voluntary and under your control if you choose to play with them.
However, once the official release happens, we (users) lose control of our Windows computers. I am quite serious about this, and plan to post another thread about it within a few days after gathering a bit more solid info.
Something Microsoft is saying, but not too loudly yet:
When you upgrade to Windows 10 as a user, your computer WILL download the features and security updates automatically, and they WILL be installed automatically, and you Will NOT have any choice about it.If you run Windows 10, your computer is less your own than ever before.Moreover, Windows enterprise business customers will NOT have this happen. Microsoft is using YOU as their guinea pigs to test the updates for stability and safety first.
Windows is becoming a "service".
SecureCRT is a very nice product. I've used PuTTY for many many years. But hell, I'll be happy to just have the equivalent of an xterm.
Windows 10 Service Branches (http://www.windows10update.com/windows-10-service-branches/)That's a pretty good summary of what is presently known.
It’s about freaking time. It’s astounding that windows has gone so long without having something like SSH in place. Welcome to the 21st century Microsoft!
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