> The web server that the clients would initially use is > not under my control but the UNIX application would hopefully > be.
If the initial web server is not under your control, but the UNIX server is, why not install a web server on the UNIX machine? That would be the cleanest, fastest way to do this. I think that initiating SSH sessions through code-behind could work, but won't be as easy to troubleshoot when it breaks, and IMHO is more likely to do so. Installing a web server on the UNIX machine would allow you to pass all your information from one server to the next through encrypted querystrings. This could then be decrypted and piped into your program using a fairly simple CGI script. > > The way I imagine it, when a client clicks a link, > he/she triggers the server to ssh to an account on the UNIX > system where they begin running my application by default, in > other words, that's all you can do there. When finished, the > connection drops. > > I am thinking this should be relatively easy for the web > developers to implement but do not know enough about web state > of the art to do it myself. > > The UNIX part is something I certainly can do so what I > am trying to do is divide and conquer as far as the scope of the > problem. > > I want to tell the web developers, "Just get them here > to this user ID on this system and I'll take care of the rest." > > If the web application that connects the user to the > UNIX system can mine the user's IP address and possibly even his > Ethernet address and pass them as variables, this would be > fabulous. > > Basically, I know anything is possible but is this > practical? The clients will mostly be running Windows and will > probably not even have any idea they are dealing with a UNIX > system. They will just answer what questions we don't already > have answers to. > > Thanks for constructive suggestions as this is presently > only in the planning stage. > > Obviously, the UNIX application needs to instantly die or > ignore control characters so that it can't be hijacked. > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- http://elijahr.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]