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A-Shell Development History

ATE enhancement: a new transport option, SSH, is now offered. SSH is similar to TUNNEL except: a) it doesn't require the telnet daemon on the server, nor its port, typically 23, to be open; b) it uses ASHNET.DLL (1.2.108+) instead of ATETUNNEL.EXE / WODTUNNEL.DLL; c) the connection will appear to the host as originating from your PC or local router, rather than from localhost; d) there is only one login operation, and you won't ever see the server prompts for it. (If there is a problem with the login, a local Windows dialog will display, allowing you to correct your name/password).

In most cases, the new SSH option will be preferable to the TUNNEL option, but the differences may not be that important to many users.

ATECFX.SBX has been updated to 4.1(132) to support the new SSH transport option. Note that when the SSH transport is selected, the Telnet Port, Local Tunnel Port, Verbose Tunnel Interface, and "Wait for Login Prompt" fields are disabled, as they don't apply.