On 23 March 2010 12:11, Nick Rout <nick.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Ryan McCoskrie > <ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:53:34 Craig Falconer wrote: >>> Ryan McCoskrie wrote, On 23/03/10 10:42: >>> > On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:25:50 C. Falconer wrote: >>> >> Hi all - with respect to horse, how many of the current users make use >>> >> of the webshell running on port 443? >>> > >>> > That webshell looks really cool! What do people use it for? >>> >>> Accessing horse from sites that only allow http/https access out. >> >> I mean what is this whole horse thing? > > horse is a computer which Craig gives nice people shell access to, > with login via ssh. Useful for, eg, testing your firewall from outside > your lan. > > It's address is shell.clug.org.nz > > If you ask Craig nicely he'll usually oblige you with an account.
It's also very useful as an off site back up for the source code of that vital project you have written. e.g your thesis etc. You also get given a public_html area which is extremely useful as a staging-post for sharing pictures etc. with family and friends. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
