Hi,
I have just got a server, and am as newbie as can be. It has cpanel which will help. And I have 3rd party support.

I am wondering about how I can use osx tiger to connect to it via ssh, or are there any programs to help? I suppose once connected it is all command line stuff??? Any graphic interfaces available to check on installed software such as tripwire? Recommendations?

Thanks,
JR

Just go to your terminal and use ssh command
ssh -l username ipaddress -p port

if ssh service on your server is running at port 22, you dont need -p option