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serFISH.com Web based SSH Client – A true lifesaver :)

Hello

Today I found myself stuck at college with a crashed dedi and hundreds (ok tens) of angry [url=http://facebook.groomi.net/dragracer]Drag Racer[/url] players. I tried to get my provider to do a remote reboot, but this takes hours so I set about trying to find another way around it

Ofcourse at college we are stuck behind a Proxy server restricting access to almost everything. I also can't download/execute .exe files in windows so this ruled out SSH. I tried telnet by typing "telnet://groomi.net" into IE, but to no avail!

So.. I fired up google and searched for "Online SSH Client". I was fairly pessimistic and expected to find java applets that point to specific servers. At first this was exactly what I found, but after 2 or 3 results, I found what I was looking for!

[url=http://www.serfish.com]serFish.com[/url] is a web based SSH client which allowed me to connect to my SSH using only http (AJAX / Javascript) in Firefox, which allowed me to restart Apache and resurrect my server and respective websites. I owe this service many thanks and will be using it in the future providing that my dedi isn't hijacked. There was a massive lack of confidence instilling SSL certificates or any information about the service so I won't be suprised if my passwords go walkabout soon . One complaint I do have however is the Captcha images. Every 2 or 3 minutes I was pestered by an image verifying that I'm not a robot. Surely 1 per visit is enough?!

From serFISH.com:

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Access your secure shell server by use of this free browser-based web SSH client. No more firewall or proxy restrictions for server and system administrators.
As a free AJAX SSH client, the consoleFISH provides web-based access to any SSH server. It can be used to bypass firewalls and proxies on a secure HTTP connection. Moreover, the consoleFISH makes it possible to anonymously open SSH connections as the IP address of the connecting web client is not sent to the remote system.

The service is designed for server and system administrators who want to have backup remote access to their systems but do not want to install their own SSL certificates, AJAX SSH software, etc.[/code]

That's all for now :wave:
Stephen