this is insanely awesome. as it stands right now, yes its "just ssh". But open up the developer toolbar and you'll notice this thing is rendering HTML inside of webkit. It doesn't take a genius to see this is a few baby steps from making it possible to render arbitrary graphics in the shell. edit: I might go out on a limb here and say this project is something that is going to be looked at as a real inflection point a few years from now.
Secure Shell chrome (killer) app
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#22I thought NaCl couldn't open raw (tcp) sockets? I thought it was limited to WebSockets.
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#23Can someone please explain to me why I would possibly want to run a terminal emulator inside of my web browser, instead of just using the terminal emulator app that my system ships with?
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#24I thought NaCl couldn't open raw (tcp) sockets? I thought it was limited to WebSockets.
Apps may have fewer security restrictions than pages.
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#25Does it work in the latest (hexxeh) ChromeOS release?
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#26Very cool, but I fired up an emacs session and hit Ctrl+N to start scrolling through a file.... doh!
htop breaks it, too -- but it actually does a pretty good job considering how complex the output is.
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#27Can someone please explain to me why I would possibly want to run a terminal emulator inside of my web browser, instead of just using the terminal emulator app that my system ships with?
THANK YOU. I seriously do not get this app. Yes, they may have done a great job, but i don't get why i would want to use it. I can't use it on someone else's desktop because i'd have to install crap in their Chrome. I wouldn't use it on my desktop because I've already got a good terminal app that I've tweaked to be just the way I like it.
Nevermind "killer" app... why is there ANY need for this?
I feel like I'm missing something very obvious.
Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app
#28Can someone please explain to me why I would possibly want to run a terminal emulator inside of my web browser, instead of just using the terminal emulator app that my system ships with?
One use case would be ssh over http. Corporate proxies often disallow ssh traffic.
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#29Does not work with local area network. I've tried to ssh on my VM.
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#30Has anyone code reviewed this to make sure it's not stealing credentials, etc. ?
Beyond that, you must trust the author, since Chrome may auto-update the extension to a future version that could steal credentials.
Yes, this. Though, this is also the case with any other app you may hand your credentials to.
FWIW, it was reviewed internally by Google security people before going live.