Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 08:18:09 +1030 From: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au> To: Andrew Houghton <aah@acm.org> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to secure telnet? Message-ID: <20020118081809.A3463@internode.com.au> In-Reply-To: <DFEBLBPNIMCBCMIBDEOACELFEAAA.aah@acm.org> References: <DFEBLBPNIMCBCMIBDEOACELFEAAA.aah@acm.org>
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On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:35:29AM -0800, Andrew Houghton wrote: > I have a server for shell accounts, and up to now the only way people have > been able to access it is via SSH. One of the users is leaving for a > year-long, round-the-world jaunt. > SSH is pretty much out of the question for him -- if he can find an internet > cafe in some of the places he's going, he won't be able to install new > software, it would probably take years just to download a client over a 56K > link, etc. etc. Do a google search for "Mindterm". It's a Java SSH client which happily runs in a web browser. Only takes a few minutes to download at 56k too. It supports an excellent VT100-style terminal emulation, ssh port forwarding (so your friend can read his email securely while he's gone), etc. Due to JVM security restrictions in most web browsers, it's necessary to install it on a web server which the user actually has an account on (because Java applets can only make connections back to the host they were downloaded from). It's been an excellent addition to my personal home page for years. The ability to ssh-on-the-run is actually pretty brilliant. - mark -- Mark Newton Email: newton@internode.com.au (W) Network Engineer Email: newton@atdot.dotat.org (H) Internode Systems Pty Ltd Desk: +61-8-82232999 "Network Man" - Anagram of "Mark Newton" Mobile: +61-416-202-223 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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