The secure handshake

Figure 16: Let the machines exchange secure keys

If this is the first time an installation of the secure shell client is attaching to a particular Sun Lab machine with a particular ECE/CSE user ID from a particular Microsoft machine, you will get a pop-up window such as the one in Figure 16. Click on the button with the text Yes to proceed.

You may not see this screen if you have logged into this machine from the local PC you are working on. You will only see this screen if the ssh client software and the ssh server software on the UNIX box need to securly shake hands for the first time. So, don't panic if you do not see this screen...