[opensuse] UniTTY: A better way to SSH. And SFTP. And VNC!
Hi, http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3214/: "UniTTY "Like all Linux users, you probably have certain tools you rely on to get your job done. For example, if you’re a system administrator, a web developer, or a hacker, a good SSH client is a must. Add to that a nice, graphical SFTP client and a VNC client and you can do almost anything. What about a secure VNC client — VNC tunneled through SSH? The latter would be great, but it’s a pain to set up, right? ..." This was included in the weekly headlines email from Linux Magazine, and given recent interest in this class of software, it seemed worthwhile to pass it on. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 10 May 2007 12:16, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Hi,
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3214/:
"UniTTY
"Like all Linux users, you probably have certain tools you rely on to get your job done. For example, if you’re a system administrator, a web developer, or a hacker, a good SSH client is a must. Add to that a nice, graphical SFTP client and a VNC client and you can do almost anything. What about a secure VNC client — VNC tunneled through SSH? The latter would be great, but it’s a pain to set up, right?
..."
The product's page is http://www.3sp.com/products/applications/unitty/unitty.jsp. I decided to give this a try, just for kicks (I'm not looking for any new terminal emulators). It's proprietary, closed-source software, but it is free to use for sites with 25 or fewer users. It's written in Java, so requires a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) installed. It seems to be quite featureful, though I only tried using SSH terminal emulation. It has such poor scrolling speed that I can't see anyone being able to tolerate using it, especially with a large window size (scrolling slows down markedly as the virtual size increases). There are some anomalous, though non-fatal behaviors. E.g., when connecting (at least using keyboard interactive authentication), there's a small, blank alert box displayed after you enter your password. If you confirm it, login proceeds normally and you get the SSH session you wanted. There are installers for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, so at least you could have a terminal emulator that's familiar on all three major platforms. But unless they improve the scrolling behavior (and I've seen lots of Java applications do far better than this, so probably it's a naive implementation that they could improve), I don't see it being useful, at least as an ordinary terminal emulator. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 5/11/07, Randall R Schulz
On Thursday 10 May 2007 12:16, Randall R Schulz wrote:
The product's page is http://www.3sp.com/products/applications/unitty/unitty.jsp.
I decided to give this a try, just for kicks (I'm not looking for any new terminal emulators). It's proprietary, closed-source software, but it is free to use for sites with 25 or fewer users. It's written in Java, so requires a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) installed.
Yes, and comes with all the problems of a closed source ... I found a problem with it (function keys not working in midnight commander) and tried to ask them. I found only a generic support email address, from where they asked me to go to register (giving names, address, phones - all required). No way ... this is not the greatest thing, so it doesn't worth the effort. Cheers -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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