The reason why I like using PuTTY is because it is a GUI-based application, whereas OpenSSH is entirely text based. Even so, it is still relatively easy to use OpenSSH to establish a connection to ...

Then, launch PuTTY and enter the remote hostname, here we use bora.sciclone.wm.edu: Next, click on the "+" sign next to the SSH item in the left (Category) window, then click on the X11 item.

Okay, so I got myself a webhost recently and enabled SSH/shell access to my server there. All is good and dandy, except after reading lots here on Ars I've gotten myself pretty paranoid about ...