Hello All,

I wonder. There is fTelnet. And I'm totally fine with that. But is there anything similar to fTelnet that would enable the use of ssh? I configured mystic to serve with ssh too. But aside the SyncTERM I'd like to connect to
it from web browser. There is shellinabox. And I found that it could be used
to connect to command line. But I'd appreciate something that would let me connect to ssh on non-standard port too.

Thanks in advance for any response

Shinobi

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On 02/26/18, shinobi pondered and said...

I wonder. There is fTelnet. And I'm totally fine with that. But is there anything similar to fTelnet that would enable the use of ssh? I

I'm not aware of anything specific but had been wondering this also. I currently use the fTelnet client (an earlier version to the one currently on offer) and would also like the option of a web based SSH login if such a
thing is doable.

There is a VTX web client out there under development but I'd need to look to see if it supported SSH - I'm unsure and know little..

Best, Paul


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Hello Avon,

There is a VTX web client out there under development but I'd need to
look to see if it supported SSH - I'm unsure and know little..

so far the VTX web client is not just a client. From what I learned so far
it's client and server. I tried to compile it on linux but didn\t succeeded. However it's a web-client that connects to custom server via web socket
or web secure socket. So in the fact the communication could be secured
once one would use wss and put the server to the same host where the
connection should connect.

Thanks for the guidance & best regards

Shinobi

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On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:34:12 +0000, "shinobi" <shinobi@21:1/153>
wrote:

Hello All,

I wonder. There is fTelnet. And I'm totally fine with that. But is there >anything similar to fTelnet that would enable the use of ssh? I configured >mystic to serve with ssh too. But aside the SyncTERM I'd like to connect to >it from web browser. There is shellinabox. And I found that it could be used >to connect to command line. But I'd appreciate something that would let me >connect to ssh on non-standard port too.

shellinabox will connect to any ssh server. You just need to specify
something like -s /:SSH:ipofserver

The one problem I have found is that, unlike telnet, you can't send
any sort of message proper to login (this would be like an /etc/issue
in unix).

Therefore for those BBS's that require you to enter a username, new or
guest, such as synchronet, you'll not get that message.

Of course, this is a problem with any ssh based client, however most
people connecting to a BBS are likely to do it for the first time via
telnet. You'd have to make sure your webpage contains instructions to
login as NEW for a new user or use their username.
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Hello Nigel,

shellinabox will connect to any ssh server. You just need to specify something like -s /:SSH:ipofserver

thanks so much for the reply. So far that works as a charm with one small
catch in my setup. I'm of course having on my Linux Box Mystic SSH on non-standard port and let the 22 for standard ssh.

And so far this program is in my honest opinion to designed only to connect
to standard ssh port. Or at least I couldn't find the right parameter.

Of course, this is a problem with any ssh based client, however most people connecting to a BBS are likely to do it for the first time via telnet. You'd have to make sure your webpage contains instructions to login as NEW for a new user or use their username.

I found that for connecting using SSH I prefer the SyncTERM most. I was just wondering whether there is any solution for connecting to Mystic BBS using
ssh via web.

Thanks so much and best regards

Shinobi

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On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:56:10 +0000, "shinobi" <shinobi@21:1/153>
wrote:

Hello Nigel,

shellinabox will connect to any ssh server. You just need to specify something like -s /:SSH:ipofserver

thanks so much for the reply. So far that works as a charm with one small >catch in my setup. I'm of course having on my Linux Box Mystic SSH on >non-standard port and let the 22 for standard ssh.

And so far this program is in my honest opinion to designed only to connect >to standard ssh port. Or at least I couldn't find the right parameter.

Of course, this is a problem with any ssh based client, however most people connecting to a BBS are likely to do it for the first time via telnet. You'd have to make sure your webpage contains instructions to login as NEW for a new user or use their username.

I found that for connecting using SSH I prefer the SyncTERM most. I was just >wondering whether there is any solution for connecting to Mystic BBS using >ssh via web.

According to the source code....

// If we find a second ":", keep as a host whatever is in
between first ":"
// and second ":" and as sshPort whatever is after second
":".


Did you try -s /:SSH:server:port
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RE: VT100 over https
BY: shinobi(21:1/153)

I wonder. There is fTelnet. And I'm totally fine with that. But is there anything similar to fTelnet that would enable the use of ssh? I
configured
mystic to serve with ssh too. But aside the SyncTERM I'd like to connect
to
it from web browser. There is shellinabox. And I found that it could be
used
to connect to command line. But I'd appreciate something that would let
me
connect to ssh on non-standard port too.

SSH over web browser does not make a lot of sense. If your goal is an encrypted socket, you can run websockify on your BBS server, configured with an SSL certificate, to expose a secure websockets connection. Then use fTelnet or some other websockets client in the browser to connect.


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Hello Nigel,

Did you try -s /:SSH:server:port

thanks so much for Your patience. Well... I tried that (specify port) for several time. But possible there could be some trouble with the non-standard ssh provided by Mystic BBS. When I try to connect using ssh on that port the result is hand-shake failed. But when I go with SyncTERM everything works
as a charm. Who knows what the reason is.

Thanks again & best regards

Shinobi

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SSH over web browser does not make a lot of sense. If your goal is an encrypted socket, you can run websockify on your BBS server, configured with an SSL certificate, to expose a secure websockets connection. Then use fTelnet or some other websockets client in the browser to connect.

Thanks. That's a wonderful solution to my Experiments. :-)

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