Jeff Barr wrote:
>
> This is what you are looking for:
>
> http://www.rohitab.com/cgiscripts/cgitelnet.html
>
> It is a small CGI. There is no applet involved.
>
> Note that this is from a different Rohit than the progenitor of this list.
>
> Jeff;
Too cool. In long term use I'd want to setup better security (mostly in
web config), ability to securely login to a userid, and better ability
to do interactive stuff. Great as a base and for simple things.
Thanks!
sdw
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> >From the site:
>
> Product Overview
>
> CGI-Telnet is a CGI script that allows you to execute commands on your web
> server. It is a useful tool if you don't have telnet access to your server.
>
> Features
>
> Ease of use: CGI-Telnet has a user interface similar to a standard telnet
> client and is therefore very easy to use. It provides command prompts
> similar to the operating system that it is running on.
>
> Compatibility: CGI-Telnet works on Unix and Windows NT. It has been tested
> on Windows NT 4.0 running IIS, Linux and Solaris running Apache. It is
> compatible with all browsers. It has been tested using Microsoft Internet
> Explorer (Windows), Netscape (Windows), Netscape (Linux) and Lynx (Linux).
>
> File Transfers: You can upload and download files from your server. All
> files on the server can be downloaded as long as you have read permissions
> on them. These include files that are normally not even visible to a FTP
> Client...like /etc/passwd/;-)
>
> Minimal Configuration: The only configuration change that you need to make
> is to change the password. If you running the script on Windows NT, you'll
> need to make one more change to the script. See the Installation Section for
> more details.
>
> Command Timeouts: CGI-Telnet automatically times out all commands after a
> specified duration. This is useful, for programs that hang or take very long
> to execute like "find /". The timeout period can be changed or you can turn
> this option off. See the installation section for more details. The timeout
> period doesn't work if you're running the script on Windows NT.
>
> Real-Time Output: Output is displayed as it is generated, so you don't have
> to wait for a command to complete to see the result. This is useful for
> commands like ping, tracert, traceroute, find, etc.
>
> Change Directory: Directory information is maintained internally, so you
> don't need to change the directory each time you run a command.
>
> Security: A password is required to login. After you disconnect, you need to
> login to run commands again. Even if a page has been cached by your browser,
> you'll need to re-login before running commands. Closing the browser also
> logs you out.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Bone [mailto:jbone@jump.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 12:50 PM
> To: fork@xent.com
> Subject: Web shell? (I'm not asking for much...)
>
> Kragen's GIF-based chat thingie he posted about the other day has had
> me thinking...
>
> It's always been tres annoying to me that I have to have local
> software installed to get (secure) access to a remote shell on some
> server machine on which I've got an account. Neo-nazi firewall
> admins, and all that, telnet regarded harmful, etc. Why shouldn't I
> be able to access an interactive shell from any browser, interaction
> tunneled over an HTTP connection and secured through i.e. SSL?
> Wouldn't that be an acceptable alternative to i.e. SSH?
>
> Anybody seen anything like that? Applet, GIF-based thingie,
> whatever? Something I could huck up onto a Web server then go to
> town? Surely this exists, surely somebody wrote something like this
> way back in the dark ages of the Web.
>
> Bueller? Bueller?
>
> Pointers appreciated.
>
> jb
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