Re: upcoming java ssh2?

[Shachar Shemesh]

Eli Marmor wrote:

Tzafrir Cohen wrote:

From the creators of WeirdX:

http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/

version 0.0.6 of a java implementation of ssh2.

I think it's great that these people port to Java applets any client of
any client-server protocol (X, SSH, etc.).

..

So the big question: Why, when it comes to important protocols such as
SSH, X, IRC, VNC, etc., the applets must speak those protocols directly
with the backend, and can't speak it over HTTP/HTTPS?

Or it's possible? If yes, then how?

It's certanly possible, but I believe you are missing some important point here. The purpose of these applets is not to get easy access to the machine using a new and innovative technique. The purpose is to provide clientless SSH.

For example, I am one of the admins on the now notorious fiasco server. We have a Fiasco member that usually connects from internet cafe's from around the world. That does not stop him from wanting to use SSH to connect. Well, guess what? The internet Cafe didn't install SSH. A crying oversight, no doubt, but a sad reality nontheless.

By installing this Java applet, I can give him a URL that will allow him to SSH to the machine. no need to install anything on the client.

Shachar



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