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-====== SSH from Windows ======
+==== SSH from Windows ====
-To log in to our Linux servers from a computer/laptop running an MS Windows operating system, you will first need to install an SSH client.
+To log in to our Linux servers from a computer/laptop running an MS Windows operating system, you will first need to install an ssh client program.
-===== Getting a Client =====
+=== Getting an ssh client program ===
 ITS offers SecureCRT free of cost to students/faculty/staff members.  It is [[http://its.virginia.edu/software/displayPackages.php?tId=41|available for download here]].
-Another option is to use [[https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/|PuTTY]].  This is a free and widely used SSH client for Windows.  It is probably the simplest to use Windows SSH client.
+Another option is to use [[https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/|PuTTY]].  This is a free and widely used ssh client for Windows.  It is probably the simplest to use Windows ssh client.
-===== Connecting to CS =====
+Other popular programs are KiTTY and cmder.
-After installing an SSH client, you can connect to any CS Linux server by using its fully qualified domain name (fqdn).  This address is the server hostname followed by ''%%.cs.virginia.edu%%''.  If you want to log into the server ''%%power3%%'' then you want to use the address ''%%power3.cs.virginia.edu%%''.
+=== Connecting to CS servers ===
+After installing an ssh client, you can connect to any CS Linux server by using its fully qualified domain name (FQDN).  This address is the server hostname followed by ''%%.cs.virginia.edu%%''.  To log into the server ''%%portal%%'' use the address ''%%portal.cs.virginia.edu%%''.
 You can find a list of generally available CS Linux servers on [[compute_resources|this page]].
-SSH connections currently do not require a VPN connection to connect from outside of the university.
+An ssh connection to "portal" does not require a VPN connection to connect from off Grounds. However, an ssh connection to other servers requires a VPN connection. See: [[linux_ssh_access|Linux Server Access]]