On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 01:07:38 -0500, Michael G Schwern wrote:
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> See above. Yes, ssh is not portable enough.
Where is the gap? I have OpenSSH on every Unix platform I
use and, with cygwin's help, all the windows based systems
too. I can even log *into* a w98 host with ssh.
Now I do agree the HTTP protocol is worth using for managing
the flow of data. I run HTTP over ssh myself. (I modified
HTTP::Daemon to use two unidirectional pipes instead of a
single, bidirectional socket.) The twist is each remote
HTTP 'server' is started on-demand and is dedicated to the
task at hand. The how/when start-up problem is eliminated.
One major advantage is it works equally well to create local
or remote servers. Another advantage is security. By using
ssh forced commands, I have both authentication and
authorization covered. With HTTPS you only get authentication.
Scott
