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- This service also allows SCP/SFTP connections to your home directory on storage.rice.edu, for File Transfers.
This is a mechanism for allowing secure connections into machines on the Rice campus without the security risk of opening up SSH to the world. SSH has become the most prevalant pathway for security breaches from off campus. The gateway will limit the number of SSH connections from a specific host in order to minimize security risks. This means that you will not be able to open up a large number of connections from a single source.
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