[Gllug] Web based ssh or similar

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 02:02 +0000, Dylan wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'd like to be able to log in to my home network from some random 
> (likely Windows or net-cafe) machine occasionally. I figure an easy way 
> to accomplish this is to set up a webpage which serves an ssh client so 
> I can do it all through a browser.
> 
> Is there anything like this available?

Yep - Mindterm or Javassh or obvious candidates. They're java applets,
so you stick the applet on a web server somewhere, then you just browse
to it from wherever you are.

> What are the security issues (beyond the usual ssh and web issues, of 
> course)

You're running your ssh client on an untrusted machine, you have no
protection against keyloggers or rogue software on the machine, and so
forth. If you're expecting to do this sort of thing regularly you might
consider using one time passwords on your ssh server.Have a look at OPIE
(http://inner.net/opie).

HTH,

Mike.

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