[ale] ssh is amazing ...

[Phil Turmel]

Me like, but with a KDE twist:  I use ksshaskpass & kwallet with ssh-add
on login to kick start my ssh-agent, then all keyed targets work
seamlessly with KDE file browsing, editing (kwrite/kate/kdevelop), and
drag & drop amongst them.

On 12/29/2014 11:04 AM, JD wrote:
> Let's get some helpful discussions going.
> 
> ssh is one of the few tools that is both more secure AND more convenient.
> ssh is enough for
> * secure remote access to files via sftp
> * secure remote filesystem access via sshfs

I do both of these with konqueror in file management mode:

konqueror sftp://root@example.com/etc/

> * secure remote CLI/shell access to systems with plain ssh

Shortcuts to my office and development servers have application lines like:

konsole -e ssh-pre-add -Y -t -t -l root example.com screen -U -D -RR

Where 'ssh-pre-add' is a short script that reloads my key if the agent
dropped it (sleep or screen lock).

> * secure remote desktop access via x2go/freenx (about 2x faster than VNC/RDP)

Still need to try this :-(

> * secure remote file replication with rsync (ssh is the default rsync protocol)
> * secure port forwarding of selected ports
> * secure remote editing with vim/gvim and other editors

kate sftp://root@example.com/etc/fstab

> * pseudo-VPN with sshuttle <-- this may be helpful.
> 
> Would love it if folks shared their solution for one of the above situations
> using ssh.

Next!

Phil