The University of Hawaii Information Technology Services (ITS) has implemented Secure Shell (SSH) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) logins to the University's hawaii.edu servers. Using these protocols will encrypt information being passed on the network. Secure logins require passwords to be encrypted when connecting to the following servers:
Encrypted passwords make it more difficult for anyone to steal the password which lowers the possibility of Identity Theft.
ITS supports SSH for the PC and iTerm for Mac OS X 10.2.x - higher.
| Platform: | Switch to: (click to download) | Installation Instructions |
| PC | SSH 3.2.9 | HTML or PDF |
| PC | SSH 3.2.9 | HTML or PDF |
| Macintosh OS X 10.2.x or later |
iTerm |
For more information, please visit the SSH/SSL FAQ
ITS supports the Secure File Transfer Protocol (sftp) found in SSH for the PC and Fugu for Mac OS X. These applications are used to move files from one computer host to another.
| Platform: | Switch to: (click to download) | Installation instructions |
| PC | SSH 3.2.9 | HTML or PDF |
| Macintosh OS X 10.x - 10.1.x | Fugu | |
| Macintosh OS X 10.2.3 or later | Fugu 1.2 |
For more information, please visit the SSH/SSL FAQ
For information on how to configure secure email clients, please refer to: http://www.hawaii.edu/askus/675
If you need assistance, please call the ITS Help Desk at 956-8883 or (800) 558-2669 (toll free from the neighbor islands). You may also send email to help@hawaii.edu or if you are on the Manoa campus, please stop by one of the ITS Computer Labs.
