Athena Dialup Service
Connect With a Web Browser
- MindTerm SSH
Secure logins to the dialups are available via the MindTerm SSH
Java applet. To use it, you'll need to point a Java-capable web
browser at http://athena.dialup.mit.edu.
Connecting Securely
Using insecure telnet and ftp to log into the Athena dialup servers is
one of the primary causes of passwords being stolen and accounts broken
into on MITnet. Information Systems makes available a wide variety of
software to allow users to log into the dialups securely; you can
download most of these software packages from http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/available-software.
Note that this software is access controlled and requires an MIT Certificate to download.
If you're using SSH to connect to the dialups, you may want to
verify the dialup SSH public key.
- For Windows-based PCs
- Secure CRT
An SSH (Secure Shell) client
site-licensed to MIT. This includes SecureFX for secure file transfers.
- For Macintosh computers
- Fetch
Fetch FTP client which uses Kerberos to secure file transfers.
- You can also use ssh and scp directly from within the Terminal application.
- For all platforms
- MindTerm SSH
A Java applet served from the Athena dialup servers which allows
for SSH logins by pointing a Java capable browser at http://athena.dialup.mit.edu.
Netscape 4.06 or higher is recommended for the best results.
Please direct questions or comments about Athena dialup service to
bug-dialup@mit.edu
Last updated by $Author: zacheiss $ on $Date: 2013/08/20 15:33:30 $