[Twisted-Python] ssh manhole
Jean-Paul Calderone
exarkun at divmod.com
Sun Jan 1 19:12:42 EST 2006
On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:29:54 -0500, Phil Christensen <phil at bubblehouse.org> wrote:
>folks-
>
>so, i've read over a number of threads in the archives, and the docs on
>tm.com, and i think i'm missing a few pieces of info, so i'd appreciate any
>help.
>
>for the moment i have a multiservice application that i've added a telnet
>manhole interface to. however, due to the deprecation of the
>twisted.manhole.telnet module, and my disinterest in sending passwords in
>plaintext, i'd like to update this to use ssl.
>
>this much i know how to do, but then i would assume the only way to connect
>to this interface would be with the openssl binary (i think i've done this
>before), as it would still be using the manhole- specific login system.
>
>what i'd really like is to be able to use a regular ssh client to connect,
>ideally by implementing a Portal on the back end to authenticate users
>against an existing database. if it could use that nifty manhole syntax
>coloring, so much the better.
>
>is this actually possible? i have to admit i have a great deal of ignorance
>about the difference between a terminal connection through openssl and an
>actual ssh login, and I've never gotten my feet wet with conch before.
>
>i guess what i'm asking is what modules should i look at, and what classes
>should i expect to have to implement to make this happen? (of course,
>providing it is actually possible to do this)...
>
>i know there's the PB interface into manhole that could be easily
>encrypted, but i am enthusiastic about using this kind of feature on
>several projects, and i'd like to end up with something that's easily
>plugged into "any" server...
>
>thanks in advance,
I'm confused. Do you want an SSL server or an SSH server?
Jean-Paul
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