Methods for Accessing mtu.net

Here are the different methods that can be used to get into your account on mtu.net. Note that all of these methods are ones in which your password will not be sent in the clear. This change has taken place because of too many people trying to crack mtu.net.

Email

• POP3S, this is POP3 over SSL and is supported by many mail clients, including Outlook Express and Outlook.
• IMAPS, this is IMAP over SSL and is supported by many mail clients, including Outlook Express and Outlook.
• E-mol is a web-based email system that can be used with any mail account and happens to work closely with mtu.net.
• SMTP, this is done via SMTP-AUTH and TLS. Setup your mail client to use TLS and the port is still 25, however the connection is encrypted before your username and password are sent. Due to certain ISPs blocking port 25, port 587 has been opened for SMTP as well.

Shell Access

Shell access to mtu.net is done through SSH on port 5042. Most unix systems already have ssh on their system. Windows users should download and install Putty. There's a windows installer part way down the page. Transferring of files can also be done with FileZilla.

The host key fingerprints for mtu.net are as follows:

• ECDSA - SHA256:Yh/cgHb+MoCNQZcsy9zaMUuOJvodCrEGZbaoAXcWt+g
• RSA - SHA256:eBL+sNzcsyEXpdtB2AdsbubsXgUoIcoKnyVjkmYjvfw
• ED25519 - SHA256:UNHSl4YBb3CFQk0bh9Kmh7/o5ufSCT2q5ZVUc6NlNx0

      Host mtu.net
        Port 5042
        VerifyHostKeyDNS ask
      

File transfer

• scp - secure copy. This is for copying of individual files. It is installed on many unix systems. Windows users should goto the putty download page listed above and get pscp.exe
• sftp - secure FTP. This is for copying files in an interactive session. It works just like ftp, only it's secure. It's installed on many unix systems. Windows users should goto the putty download page listed above and get psftp.exe
• For a graphical interface FileZilla is an excellent tool
• rsync - This tool is available on unix systems and can be found with cygwin on windows and even as a standalone app. Instructions for setting it up and running it under windows can be found here. This page also talks about usage that is useful for unix systems as well.