so let me get this straight... they wrote a terminal app that sends all your code to some third party? wow yeah lets just throw security out the window. no mention of the privacy implications on any of this. not sure if any of my clients would want their intellectual property sent out to some random third party. thanks but no thanks. i'd rather use xterm or gnome-terminal.
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#32so let me get this straight... they wrote a terminal app that sends all your code to some third party? wow yeah lets just throw security out the window. no mention of the privacy implications on any of this. not sure if any of my clients would want their intellectual property sent out to some random third party. thanks but no thanks. i'd rather use xterm or gnome-terminal.
or github, aws etc. Oh yeah thats right, couldnt use those either. I guess you host everything yourself on a private network that you install all the connectivity for globally ?
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#33Would you really SSH through this to your server? I mean, what about security...
password protect your private keys - its what the cool kids do anyway
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#34Would you really SSH through this to your server? I mean, what about security...
password protect your private keys - its what the cool kids do anyway
And type passwords to remote host where ssh client's running. Nope, not cool at all.
A possible workaround is implementing SSH agent forwarding support in Chrome app. However, you still have to trust remote ssh binary to only do what it's supposed to do while you're connected (i.e. not log your communications, not open secondary channels doing some weird stuff and so on).
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#35I was hoping for a better CROSH/HTerm (ChromeOS's builtin terminal emulator) but ended up with some weird something else that I don't understand nor want anyway.
What do you find deficient about hterm?
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#36So is http://koding.com a http://nitrous.io competitor? Can't really tell at the moment since all the main page says right now is:
A new way for developers to work. Software development has finally evolved. It's now social, in the browser and free.
And then throws an error about not being able to connect to the backend.
[edit] Hope it is since nitrous.io seems a bit expensive.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
password protect your private keys - its what the cool kids do anyway
And type passwords to remote host where ssh client's running. Nope, not cool at all. A possible workaround is implementing SSH agent forwarding support in Chrome app. However, you still have to trust remote ssh binary to only do what it's supposed to do while you're connected (i.e. not log your communications, not open secondary channels doing some weird stuff and so on).
Whats so bad about passwords over SSL ?
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
And type passwords to remote host where ssh client's running. Nope, not cool at all. A possible workaround is implementing SSH agent forwarding support in Chrome app. However, you still have to trust remote ssh binary to only do what it's supposed to do while you're connected (i.e. not log your communications, not open secondary channels doing some weird stuff and so on).
Whats so bad about passwords over SSL ?
Are you aware that passwords over SSL become even worse when the developer responds to criticism by setting up shill accounts?
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
ChromeOS has something, but I have a feeling that's the browser acting as a window manager and running the terminal from its underlying Linux OS. I do wonder what might be achievable with PNaCl... Not saying what you've done ain't cool! Just wasn't quite what I expected from the headline :)
For whatever it is worth, I found ChromeOS's to be trash. I used it for a weekend on my Pixel and found it very unpleasant to use. If your environment isn't restricted such that a terminal in browser is really your only option, I don't know why you would do it that way. I don't see the use.
The one that's normally available (crosh) is pretty awful, yes. The dev-mode shell available by typing "shell" in crosh is more normal. All I really want it for is ssh anyway. If anything more hardcore is needed it gets rebooted into Ubuntu mode.
Haven't actually laid eyes on the pixel yet, I have a Samung ARM chromebook and I love it. Is the pixel worth the cash? And have you loaded an alternate OS yet?
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Whats so bad about passwords over SSL ?
Are you aware that passwords over SSL become even worse when the developer responds to criticism by setting up shill accounts?
Sorry what shill account is that ? I setup an account here today to answer any questions. Sorry for not using HN 24x7. Plus I am not a dev :)