What's the difference between an SSH Client and an SSH Server?


 
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Old 07-19-2004
Question What's the difference between an SSH Client and an SSH Server?

Eh... yeah. What the title says. Smilie
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Old 07-19-2004
your question applies not only to SSH, but to every service built on the client/server model...ie almost all of them.

the server runs the service, the client connects to it.

your gonna have to search here, and on google for more info.
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