Re: Ssh Login with out a password or key

From: Mike (nomail_at_redterra.net)
Date: 05/29/03

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    Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 21:40:27 +0800

    Without actually know too much about your "shell" application, why
    bother with all the hassle of installing and configuring SSH, Just cut
    to the chase and use the underlying "encrypted transport" in the form of
    stunnel http://www.stunnel.org/

    Great for forwarding TCP

    Mike

    Brian Claise wrote:
    > Well the idea is that SSH will act solely as an encrypted transport. We
    > have a "Shell" application that performs all the authentication, and really
    > provides an idiot proof interface (as opposed to having a bash shell).
    >
    > The problem about making someone use the authorized keys is that it requires
    > the client to be pre-configured. We really want to avoid any sort of
    > pre-configuration if at all possible. This is again a step to becoming
    > idiot proof.
    >
    >
    > "Darren Dunham" <ddunham@redwood.taos.com> wrote in message
    > news:MsRAa.830$La1.340@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
    >
    >>Brian Claise <bclaise@tga.com> wrote:
    >>
    >>>Hi,
    >>> I was wondering if anyone has any idea on how to spawn off a process
    >
    > using
    >
    >>>ssh.
    >>
    >>Absolutely.
    >>
    >>
    >>>(Well without a login or password, or any authorized keys)
    >>
    >>Oops, if you're going to say you can't use something, you have to say
    >>why not. Otherwise I'm likely to recommend something that won't work
    >>for the same reason. If you can't use a password, I'm assuming a
    >>non-interactive application. Why can't you use authorized keys?
    >>
    >>
    >>> The idea is that the remote user will ssh into the machine, and will
    >>>bypass the unix login altogether.
    >>
    >>So why can't you use authorized keys?
    >>
    >>--
    >>Darren Dunham ddunham@taos.com
    >>Unix System Administrator Taos - The SysAdmin Company
    >>Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area
    >> < This line left intentionally blank to confuse you. >
    >
    >
    >

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