[HN Gopher] ttyd - Share your terminal over the web
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       ttyd - Share your terminal over the web
        
       Author : skilled
       Score  : 43 points
       Date   : 2023-03-13 13:30 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | mellosouls wrote:
       | What are the main use cases for tools like this?
        
         | hulitu wrote:
         | Malware ?
        
         | giuliomagnifico wrote:
         | Maybe could be useful to show what are you doing to your
         | colleagues inside the office.
        
         | tetris11 wrote:
         | using public WiFi that blocks SSH but let's http and https pass
         | through
        
           | LinuxBender wrote:
           | Another option for that is sslh [1] Running https + ssh + vpn
           | all on port 443 at the same time.
           | 
           | [1] - https://github.com/yrutschle/sslh
        
           | popcalc wrote:
           | http://dag.wiee.rs/howto/ssh-http-tunneling/
           | 
           | For future reference.
        
       | PenguinCoder wrote:
       | Nice to have some alternatives. I use gotty for this. As for
       | usecases, it's easy to quickly show my terminal with a teammate
       | for code I need help with or showing off a demo of real command
       | uses to others. I generally don't allow the client interaction,
       | just read only view.
        
       | zikohh wrote:
       | I've used termpair, a good alternative.
        
       | yankcrime wrote:
       | See also the venerable tmate - https://tmate.io
        
       | lolive wrote:
       | Is it an alternative to shellinabox ?
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       | https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox
        
         | oso2k wrote:
         | Maybe with the added feature of screen sharing, file
         | upload/download.
        
       | assbuttbuttass wrote:
       | I've used the chrome ssh extension to connect using regular ssh
       | from inside a browser. Any advantages over ssh?
        
         | StrangeATractor wrote:
         | That sounds like a security nightmare tbh.
        
       | anthk wrote:
       | I used to use termcast, easily installable with cpanminus.
        
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