Softwares required for remote connection to computer labs:

Saturday, January 10, 2015

6:42 PM

VPN Client
A VPN (Virtual private network) client software will be required to connect to University of Florida
network. If you do not have VPN client software already installed (Cisco AnyConnect), please follow the
instructions in the link I will share.
What is VPN ->
VPN is a network that is constructed by using public wires usually the Internet to connect to a
private network, such as a company's internal network.
From <http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/V/VPN.html>

What is PuTTY?
PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application.
It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. It
can also connect to a serial port (since version 0.59). The name "PuTTY" has no definitive meaning.
PuTTY was originally written for Microsoft Windows
From <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY>

What is SSH ->

Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol for secure data communication, remote
command-line login, remote command execution, and other secure network services between two
networked computers.
From <https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+SSH&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8>

What is VNC?
VNC abbreviation for Virtual Network Computing is a graphical desktop sharing system that uses the
Remote Frame Buffer protocol (RFB) to remotely control another computer. It transmits the keyboard
and mouse events from one computer to another, relaying the graphical screen updates back in the
other direction, over a network.
From <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Network_Computing>

What is Filezilla?
FileZilla is a powerful free software for transferring files over the Internet. FileZilla is a very popular FTP
client and is used by webmasters from all over the world. In this tutorial we will show how to manage
your web site files through FileZilla.
From <http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/filezilla/>

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Links to download the softwares

Saturday, January 10, 2015

6:42 PM

1. VPN: https://net-services.ufl.edu/provided-services/vpn/clients/
2. Putty: http://www.putty.org/
3. VNC: https://www.realvnc.com/download/vnc/
4. Filezilla: http://download.cnet.com/FileZilla/3000-2160_4-10308966.html

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