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TheViking nord.pub TheViking@nord.pub
Joined: 2026-06-09
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A random question, but what's the thing that comes to your mind when you see this combination of letters ?

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Dr. Wesker lemmy.sdf.org wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-10
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secure shell

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TheViking nord.pub TheViking@nord.pub
Joined: 2026-06-09
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secure shell

And what is that ?

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Maybelline lemmy.zip Maybelline@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-23
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secure shell

I'm worried OP might be asking on the wrong platform to get any other response.

I mean, I'm a geek, and I can't think of anything else for those letters.

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Dr. Wesker lemmy.sdf.org wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-10
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And what is that ?

secure shell

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RegularJoe lemmy.world RegularJoe@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-04
#6 · (edited) Quote Reply

And what is that ?

A shell (like a unix terminal) that gives you a secure way to do things, such as remotely logging in to another server, or executing commands remotely. With older programs like telnet, you had to login in the terminal passing your credentials without encryption. Secure Shell encrypts the stream to attempt to mitigate someone other than you from obtaining your credentials. SSH uses public-key cryptography to authenticate the remote computer and allow it to authenticate the user, if necessary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell

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β„•π•–π•žπ•  slrpnk.net Nemo@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-07-01
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I'm worried OP might be asking on the wrong platform to get any other response. I mean, I'm a geek, and I can't think of anything else for those letters.

ssh bby its ok

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ruuster13 lemmy.zip ruuster13@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-09
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Solid state harddrive

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hendrik palaver.p3x.de hendrik@palaver.p3x.de
Joined: 2021-08-21
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Solid state harddrive

That's nonsense. There is no 'H' in SSD. The 'hard' as in hard disk drive comes from the spinning disks inside being hard. In contrast to the floppy ones inside of a floppy disk... A solid state drive has no spinning disks at all. It's just computer chips if you open it. So we cross out any 'H' and 'F's. And you're left with the 'D'.

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TheViking nord.pub TheViking@nord.pub
Joined: 2026-06-09
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I'm worried OP might be asking on the wrong platform to get any other response. I mean, I'm a geek, and I can't think of anything else for those letters.

Isn't it a company ?

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TheViking nord.pub TheViking@nord.pub
Joined: 2026-06-09
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secure shell

I came a company website by that name.

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sulfidedisburseangledafternoontipper piefed.blahaj.zone sulfidedisburseangledafternoontipper@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-06-27
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Secure Shell?

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WhoIzDisIz lemmy.today WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-04-27
#13 · (edited) Quote Reply

My new favorite Linux command line shell: aSSHole.

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ndupont lemmy.blahaj.zone ndupont@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-05-05
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Secure shell, the standard encrypted remote terminal, running on TCP port 22.

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ruuster13 lemmy.zip ruuster13@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-09
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That's nonsense. There is no 'H' in SSD. The 'hard' as in hard disk drive comes from the spinning disks inside being hard. In contrast to the floppy ones inside of a floppy disk... A solid state drive has no spinning disks at all. It's just computer chips if you open it. So we cross out any 'H' and 'F's. And you're left with the 'D'.

They asked what comes to mind. Nothing about accuracy. So I'm right and you're wrong.

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hendrik palaver.p3x.de hendrik@palaver.p3x.de
Joined: 2021-08-21
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They asked what comes to mind. Nothing about accuracy. So I'm right and you're wrong.

Well, calling it nonsense was the first thing that came to my mind, so guess we're all "right" here?!

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BenLeMan lemmy.world BenLeMan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-15
#17 · (edited) Quote Reply

PuTTY. It's been a while.

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neidu3 sh.itjust.works neidu3@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-11-03
#18 · (edited) Quote Reply

90% Secure shell, 10% the sound of a hush

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Libb piefed.social Libb@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-04
#19 · (edited) Quote Reply

what’s the thing that comes to your mind when you see this combination of letters ?

That should post more on my blog (I use SSH to connect to the webserver and send the new HTML files)

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ruuster13 lemmy.zip ruuster13@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-09
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Well, calling it nonsense was the first thing that came to my mind, so guess we're all "right" here?!

Nope. You will have to create a top level comment to try again.

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RushLana lemmy.blahaj.zone RushLana@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-03-02
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Me begging people to actually use ssh keys instead of password login

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d00ery lemmy.world d00ery@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-20
#22 · Quote Reply

Connecting to a remote machine in a terminal

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teft piefed.social teft@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-22
#23 · Quote Reply

https://www.abbreviations.com/SSH

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Lambda lemmy.ca lambdabeta@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-06
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My new favorite Linux command line shell: aSSHole.

Someone should create a new internet that uses SSH to access it. Call it An SSH On-Line Environment.

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JakenVeina midwest.social JakenVeina@midwest.social
Joined: 2025-06-12
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Port 22.

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