running ssh from web browsers

It is possible to access your Debian Linux machine from a Windows machine using just a web browser + ssh. In order to do this, start the sshd daemon on the Debian Linux machine by using either

$sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart
Restarting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.

or by doing

$wajig restart ssh
Restarting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.

This will restart the ssh server if it is not running already. Next on the windows machine go to http://www.ece.osu.edu/ssh to run the ssh client. That's it!

Tested on Debian Etch (testing) running ssh 4.3p2-2, windows xp running firefox 1.5.0.8


Useful links:

• www.ece.osu.edu/computing/ssh_www.html
• http://packages.debian.org/ssh