TeraTerm/ssh

Here's how to install TeraTerm and its ssh extensions for Windows 95 or Windows NT.

First, you must obtain a copy of the software. The two pieces you need are obtainable from official mirrors:

Tera Term Pro ver. 2.3 for Windows 95/NT
the ssh extensionThis is version 1.4. We did our testing with version 1.3 which is still available locally. (see below)

I've also put unofficial copies on Alcor itself, in case the official sites are down:

You'll need to unzip the files above with Winzip or PKzip; if you don't have an unzipper, you can download one from various sites, such as:

(All of these unzippers are shareware, and you should remember to register your copy.)

If you can't unzip files because you don't have the appropriate software and for some reason cannot install it, you can download the pieces file by file; I expanded them for you on Alcor, where you can get the files in ttermp23.zip and the files in ttssh13.zip. Download them into two different temporary directories, though; we'll call them TMPTT and TMPSSH.

In case you're curious, you can also get the source code for Tera Term Pro ver. 2.3 and the source code for the ssh extensions.

Installation

Install TeraTerm

Unzip the TeraTerm distribution zip file using your favorite unzipper (we used "winzip"). Winzip will run the TeraTerm setup program for you:

double-click on the "winzip" icon
click on "file open"
select "ttermp23.zip"
click on "action install"
follow instructions and select defaults
click on "file close archive"

Alternatively, if you cannot unzip files for some reason and you have instead downloaded the individual files from Alcor, then just run "setup.exe" (one of the files you downloaded into TMPTT).

Install the ssh extension

Unzip the TTSSH extensions distrbution zip file using your favorite unzipper (we used "winzip"). Winzip will install the TTSSH files for you:

double-click on the "winzip" icon
click on "file open"
select "ttssh13.zip"
click on "action extract"
follow instructions and extract into directory where TeraTerm was installed (if you accepted the defaults in the previous step, that directory will be "C:\Program Files\TTERMPRO\")
exit "winzip"

Alternatively, if you cannot unzip files for some reason and you have instead downloaded the individual files from Alcor, then copy the files you downloaded (in the TMPSSH directory) to the directory where you just installed TeraTerm.

Read about TTSSH

The extraction directory has the SSH docs in html format. Double-click on them to read them in your favorite browser.

Test the new installation

To fire up the program, run "ttssh.exe" (or double-click on the icon if you have installed one). Under "service type", select "ssh". Once an SSH connection is established, a dialog box will pop up asking for authentication information; unless you want to get fancy, just select regular username and password authentication, and enter these values into the appropriate boxes (enter your password in the passphrase box). You should then be logged into your host.

Note: the first time you use ttssh, it will complain that it cannot find the "known_hosts" file; this is normal.

Please make sure you don't accidentally fire up the "vanilla" TeraTerm program instead of the ssh-enhanced version, or your connection will not be encrypted. If you are running the "vanilla" TeraTerm, the remote host will ask you for your password in the normal "telnet" way, in a terminal session -- this is not what you want. Instead, you want to make sure you get the ssh authentication challenge in a dialog box.

Clean up

Once your installation is complete and working, you don't need to keep the "zip" files (or, if you downloaded the programs file by file, the temporary directories you used). You can just go ahead and delete them.

Copyright, © 2003, Concordia University, (IITS). Author: Anne Bennett Credits: Mike Marak, Rich Lafferty Maintained by: webdoc@alcor.concordia.ca Last update: 1999/02/19 -- Dana Echtner