Web based SSH
Posted: 28 Sep 2012, 18:58
I finally have managed to get my no-ip address to work so my router is directing traffic directly to the box I want. So I can check that the lamp server works on port 80 via a proxy like hidemyass.com or one of the many listed on http://proxy4free.com
But how to check ssh from the "outside"?
Well there are some handy web based ssh terminals out there:
https://www.serfish.com/console/
https://webssh.uni.me/
Make sure you enter them with https or else your keystrokes can be logged.
Furthermore the server that expedites your data will do so as "man in the middle" with unencrypted data so you wil have to trust the service or change your "keystrokes" after you have finished testing.
It is important that you understand this so I will even spend a pic for further explanation:
So this is way more insecure than traditional client/server ssh interaction where your data are dead secure all the way.
But there you are with only one box and no way of testing your setup or you are on holiday and your GF/Wife has forced you to leave the laptop at home and you simply need to log into your office box.
Just go the the next library and enter one of the two addresses above and simply ssh into your box from anywhere in the world.
If you have a working dyndns/ddclient or no-ip setup (or a fixed IP of course) it will work - I have tested it.
Even if you are at home with only one box you can test it directly from there - your firewall will tell you that it comes from the outside (the SSH tunneling server).
But how to check ssh from the "outside"?
Well there are some handy web based ssh terminals out there:
https://www.serfish.com/console/
https://webssh.uni.me/
Make sure you enter them with https or else your keystrokes can be logged.
Furthermore the server that expedites your data will do so as "man in the middle" with unencrypted data so you wil have to trust the service or change your "keystrokes" after you have finished testing.
It is important that you understand this so I will even spend a pic for further explanation:
So this is way more insecure than traditional client/server ssh interaction where your data are dead secure all the way.
But there you are with only one box and no way of testing your setup or you are on holiday and your GF/Wife has forced you to leave the laptop at home and you simply need to log into your office box.
Just go the the next library and enter one of the two addresses above and simply ssh into your box from anywhere in the world.
If you have a working dyndns/ddclient or no-ip setup (or a fixed IP of course) it will work - I have tested it.
Even if you are at home with only one box you can test it directly from there - your firewall will tell you that it comes from the outside (the SSH tunneling server).