Decrypting AWS Windows passwords

With Linux instances, the public key of the key pair you specify when creating the instance is placed in the .ssh/authorized_keys directory. When you SSH in it encrypts the initial communication details with your public key so that only someone with the corresponding private key can decrypt the details and complete the connection. Windows instancesContinue reading “Decrypting AWS Windows passwords”

SSH tunneling for security

Running your administration scripts and monitoring from a remote server can bring a lot of benefits. I’ve covered simple web servers and threading in previous posts. However this does create one big issue, securing it. Setting up HTTPS and storing user log ins adds a lot of complexity. However if you are running this on aContinue reading “SSH tunneling for security”