No control key or ESC key? So much for doing ... anything.
No quickly accessible tab either from what I can tell.
My Holy Grail Of iPhone Apps Arrives: pTerm
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#22there's another app that sounds like it will have more features that's still in the app store approval queue http://www.zinger-soft.com/ post by dev: http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=5977302&postc...
This sounds like you could actually use it for work - they've emphasized key combinations and it has X too.
Here's hoping they use a decent sans font rather than the horribly unreadable serif crap that's been floating around most terminal apps.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Erm why? https, password protected interface to an ssh webapp?
I see two major flaws with this approach. First, it's invasive. You have to open an additional hole in your network to allow traffic into the app, which makes your network inherently less secure. Second, unless you do an audit of the source, there are no guarantees as to the security of the app itself. This app of unknown reliability would be acting as a 24/7 gatekeeper into your network. You could hide it behind VPN…
#2 also applies to a locally installed SSH app.
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#24My kingdom for the TAB key! Seriously, when you're using one of these little guys, be it Apple, Nokia, whatever, autocomplete is your friend! The tab key is always missing, or 3 clicks or taps away.
I couldn't believe there was no way to tab.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
I see two major flaws with this approach. First, it's invasive. You have to open an additional hole in your network to allow traffic into the app, which makes your network inherently less secure. Second, unless you do an audit of the source, there are no guarantees as to the security of the app itself. This app of unknown reliability would be acting as a 24/7 gatekeeper into your network. You could hide it behind VPN…
#2 also applies to a locally installed SSH app.
Not really. OpenSSH is a battle-tested ssh server. You can be resonably sure that opening it to the world will not compromise your network. Not so of this ajax ssh app. Basically it's a question of exposure. Am I comfortable exposing OpenSSH? Yes. Ajax ssh app? No way. Not without further testing and widespread acceptance.
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#27Wow, a feature that comes standard on other high-end phones? Unbelievable! http://maddox.xmission.com/putty3.gif
After waiting several months for developers to write and release code, you might be able to cobble together a bunch of apps that make up for the iPhone's flaws. The situation is identical to that of Windows.
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#28TouchTerm is only $2.99 as of this writing.
TouchTerm does not support terminal emulation. So, once you SSH into a server, good luck editing anything.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
#2 also applies to a locally installed SSH app.
Not really. OpenSSH is a battle-tested ssh server. You can be resonably sure that opening it to the world will not compromise your network. Not so of this ajax ssh app. Basically it's a question of exposure. Am I comfortable exposing OpenSSH? Yes. Ajax ssh app? No way. Not without further testing and widespread acceptance.
Yes, really. Your statement was:
" Second, unless you do an audit of the source, there are no guarantees as to the security of the app itself. "
That applies to OpenSSH. Yes, you can trust it more as many other people use it. Are there guarantees (your words, not mine) as to its security? No.
With OpenSSH's recent fuckups, it's a good time to keep that in mind.