FireSSH – SSH in a Browser (Firefox addon)

10 Comments to “FireSSH – SSH in a Browser (Firefox addon)”

1. Joe of loath says:

   March 21, 2011 at 8:15 pm

   Only compatible with Firefox 4.

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2. Lars says:

   March 22, 2011 at 6:25 pm

   Maybe it’s my lack of imagination, but how does this differ from ssh in a terminal, except that it requires you to open your browser?

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3. Bob says:

   March 23, 2011 at 1:04 pm

   You can use ssh on anything that can run Firefox 4 without having a terminal or separate ssh app(this is mainly applicable to locked down Ubuntu desktops or non-linux platforms).

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4. Joe of Loath says:

   March 23, 2011 at 8:56 pm

   It may allow you to tunnel through proxies too, but I’ll have to check first.

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5. Mime Cuvalo says:

   March 28, 2011 at 9:54 pm

   Alternatively, instead of using the address bar and typing ssh://addressOfSSHServer you can go to Tools->FireSSH in Firefox to access other options to send to the server. (like SSH keys and such)

   Cheers!

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6. ShineyMart says:

   May 17, 2011 at 4:15 pm

   Can I tunnel Http using this tool?

   Currently I have to fire up an ssh session in a terminal and port forward local ports to get to my work intranet – will this short circuit that?

   Regards

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7. Joe of Loath says:

   May 17, 2011 at 5:30 pm

   Nope, you still have to use the terminal.

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8. ShineyMart says:

   May 17, 2011 at 11:14 pm

   Joe

   Cheers for that. Hmm any way I can set up FF such that I can send a specific bookmark down an ssh tunnel ‘interactively’ i.e. without having to set up the tunnel first?

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9. Joe of Loath says:

   May 18, 2011 at 10:55 am

   Hmm, I’m not sure. Maybe foxyproxy could do it?

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10. Steve says:

    June 22, 2011 at 8:13 pm

    Firefox 4.0.1/FireSSH 0.87

    Tools>FireSSH>Connect using key connects and logs in, displays correct unix prompt, and commands work correctly.

    But ssh://user@host in address bar connects and logs in, displays correct unix prompt but command line entry is not echoed and ssh session is unresponsive.

    I’m really interested in address bar invocation – anyone have more info on this? For example – how to turn on debug using address bar invocation?

    Thanks.

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