Shachar Shemesh wrote: > 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.
I fully agree. But everything you wrote, is right also when the connection between the Java applet and the SSHD is done over HTTP/HTTPS. Ira Abramov wrote in another response: > Eli, you have been doing HTTP work in the past, can't you see the > problems? HTTP works only one way - client asks, server answers. there > is no way for the server to shove information asynchronously to the > user, how can such interactive protocols work? you really want to load > the line with 1 second polls from the client, or see screen updates only > after you type or move a mouse? Actually, there is a simple trick to do it under a standard HTTP/HTTPS (without using any non-standard extension). Out of the scope for this list. But your response answered my question. I asked why all those Java applets use only their own protocol instead of using HTTP/HTTPS, and thanks to your response I know the answer: Their developer just don't know this trick. -- Eli Marmor [EMAIL PROTECTED] CTO, Founder Netmask (El-Mar) Internet Technologies Ltd. __________________________________________________________ Tel.: +972-9-766-1020 8 Yad-Harutzim St. Fax.: +972-9-766-1314 P.O.B. 7004 Mobile: +972-50-23-7338 Kfar-Saba 44641, Israel ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
