[Note: ssh, PuTTY and SFTP only apply to our Bryght VPS product. They don't work on the hosted service. ]

The old way back in the 80s was to use telnet to access a Unix system and ftp to transfer files to and from Unix systems. Unfortunately, these are both insecure and prone to attack. On a Bryght Hosting VPS you use their secure, encrypted alternatives: ssh on Linux and Macs (PuTTY on Windows - both PuTTY and ssh are used like telnet) for access and sftp (used identically to ftp) for file transfer.

SSH and PuTTY 

Both are easy to use.

• ssh hostname e.g. ssh google.com
  
• putty (and then fill in hostname in dialogue box and select SSH as the protocol)

sftp

sftp hostname e.g. sftp video.google.com

Then use just like ftp 

Here's some further info (don't forget the Unix man pages as well):

• ssh (ssh tutorial)
• PuTTY (PuTTY docs)
• sftp (sftp clients)