* Forwarded from COMP.OS.MSDOS.DESQVIEW by Richard Menedetter
* Originally by: Bruce Maggs, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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For nostalgic reasons, I decided that I'd like to revive my old
DESQview/X machine and use it as an X-terminal. I hadn't used it for
a long time because there was no secure way to log in to a remote
machine, i.e., no way to do so without sending my password in the
clear. So I decided to port ssh (secure shell), and this is now
ready. This is a cryptographically secure replacement for telnet.
For export control reasons, I can't make the source or executable
available on the web. But if you would like a copy and can convince
me that you are in the U.S., I'll send you one.
To use the port, you would type the following:
C:\> set DISPLAY=10.10.10.1:0
C:\> ssh -v [EMAIL PROTECTED] xterm
In the first line, 10.10.10.1 is the IP address of the local host (the
machine running DESQview/X). The DISPLAY environment must be set if you
want to enter your passphrase without having it appear in the DOS
window, and also if you wish to have the program running on the remote
host display any X-windows on the local host.
In the second line both the user name, "bmm", and the command that is
to be run on the remote host, "xterm", are required. (-v indicates
verbose diagnostic output.) Username is required because the notion of
who the current user on a DESQview/X machine is a bit fuzzy to me.
The command is required because this port of ssh does not provide TTY
emulation. (The reason being that djgpp version 1.12 doesn't have a
TTY library.) But running xterm will do what you want it to do: run
an xterm on the remote machine, but have it display on the local host.
>From this xterm you can then launch other programs on the remote
machine, and also have them display on the local host.
Not only does ssh make a connection to the remote host without sending
your password in the clear, it also cryptographically encodes all
of the data that is sent back and forth between the two machines
during the session. Furthermore, it automatically "tunnels" X traffic
through the connection in a secure fashion.
For all of this to work, you'll need to have sshd running on the
remote host. This is pretty standard these days on most Unix systems.
A few other remarks: the port assumes that the files containing the
list of known hosts, the random seed, etc., are stored in /dot.ssh/ on
whatever disk you run ssh from, and will create this directory if it
doesn't exist. It also looks for some things in /etc/. It doesn't
have to find any files to run successfully, though.
I've noticed that DESQview/X behaves badly when you attempt to open
more sockets than the network manager allows. I bumped into the limit
because ssh will open two sockets to the local X server for each X
window that is displayed on the local host. So don't try to open too
many. But I'm able to get three xterms, an xemacs, an ical, and an
xbiff (running on two hosts) at simultaneously.
Bruce Maggs
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Hi
It would be great, if some american listmember could write to this person,
and get the DOS SSH port.
I have been looking for this for a VERY long period of time ...
If you have got it ... please send it to me also !!
CU, Ricsi
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