4 SSH Alternatives That Are Better Than The Original
We’ve all had to use SSH at some point in our lives as developers. Whether it’s connecting to a development machine, pushing code or managing remote equipment. SSH has a sacred place in our hearts. Sadly, there haven’t been a ton of features added to it over the years. SSH is still pretty much the same as it has been for most of history.
You connect, login and that’s pretty much it.
Aside from ongoing security updates and minor features, you’re still using the same client you would have years ago. It doesn’t have to be this way anymore. You can get a whole lot more by changing SSH clients (and servers). That’s right, you have options.
In this post, we’ll explore those options and look at some new projects that provide a suite of awesome functionality sure to make you never want to use plain old SSH ever again.
1. Mosh
This is a brilliant project that aims to actually replace SSH with a new, much more flexible connection protocol. The project wants to provide a much more robust connection…