[Nfb-web] Accessible SSH Clients

David Mehler dave.mehler at gmail.com
Mon Mar 21 19:32:47 UTC 2011


Hello,

I'm using a program called SecureCRT comes with both ssh and builtin
sftp ability, plus tabbed interface configurable. It's not free, but I
think it is worth it and it does have a demo.

Hth
Dave.


On 3/21/11, Olivero, Tony <TOlivero at nfb.org> wrote:
> Peter,
>
> I have used both the Cygwin and Putty programs for SSH access. Here are some
> notes:
>
> Cygwin:
> - requires sighted assistance to get installed
> + offers many UNIX commands on the windows platform
> + behaves well with JAWS, correctly reading most text that is output to the
> screen.
>
> PuTTY:
> + Can either be installed or run in "portable" mode
> + Connection configuration screen is accessible
> - Terminal window sort of works, but if the end of the buffer is reached, it
> is easier to use the "clear" command and start with a fresh screen, else
> JAWS re-reads the entire contents of the screen. Also, it is necessary to
> switch JAWS into reading all changes to the screen "INSERT+S".
>
> For the most part, I find myself lately using PuTTY.
>
> I'm not sure what you need it for, but I have yet to find one of these
> programs that works well with an editor on the remote system. For making
> changes to config files, I generally scp them to my local machine, make the
> changes, and scp to the remote host.
>
> HTH,
>
> Tony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-web-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-web-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Peter Donahue
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 13:30
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Cc: nfb-web at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-web] Accessible SSH Clients
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>     I will be using a virtual private server that can be administered via an
> SSH client. I thought I would enquire to see what SSH clients folks are
> using that will work with JAWS 12.0. By the way is Windows Power Shell an
> SSH client? Your recommendations will be very much appreciated.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
> "Will you come and awake our lost land from its slumber
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>
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