Hacker News with Generative AI: SSH

LightkeeperRM: Lightweight drop-in replacement for maintaining servers over SSH (github.com/kalaksi)
LightkeeperRM (Remote Management) is a lightweight and modular drop-in replacement for maintaining servers over SSH.

Server Management, SSH, Open Source, Tools, GitHub

7 points by thunderbong 6 hours ago | 0 comments

Open-sourcing OpenPubkey SSH (OPKSSH): integrating single sign-on with SSH (cloudflare.com)
OPKSSH makes it easy to SSH with single sign-on technologies like OpenID Connect, thereby removing the need to manually manage and configure SSH keys. It does this without adding a trusted party other than your identity provider (IdP).

Security, Open Source, SSH, Single Sign-On, Cloud Computing

275 points by PranaFlux 8 days ago | 149 comments

Pam Unixsock (miek.nl)
Ever felt the need to do something with PAM, like implementing 2FA in SSH? You are left with a few bad choices, among others you’ll need to write something (complex) in C. I rather not do that, so I’ve created pam-unixsock.

Security, Programming, Linux, Open Source, SSH

14 points by fanf2 19 days ago | 0 comments

Bcvi – run vi over a 'back-channel' (2010) (sourceforge.net)
If you use SSH, you might find bcvi useful. This article attempts to describe what it is and why you might use it. Let's start with what it is:

SSH, Text Editors, Linux, Command Line

75 points by leonry 26 days ago | 26 comments

SSH to Server from Mobile Phone? (bsky.app)

SSH, Mobile Devices, Remote Access

6 points by seinecle 39 days ago | 7 comments

SSH Rate Limiting with Pam and Nftables (truschnigg.info)
Anyone who operates an SSH server somewhere on the Internet is bound to suffer a relentless torrent of inbound connections, probably from some botnet or another, trying to log in with the myriad credentials that leaked from other systems and networks.

Security, Network Administration, Linux, SSH

4 points by c0l0 45 days ago | 0 comments

Down the rabbit hole: Implementing SSH port forwarding over AWS Session Manager (joinformal.com)
A technical quest through obscure SSH and AWS Session Manager features in service of enabling VS Code Remote SSH via the Formal Connector, culminating in forking and fixing several concurrency bugs in AWS’s own reference library for connecting to compute instances using SSM.

AWS, SSH, DevOps, Remote Development, Bug Fixes

59 points by saligrama 50 days ago | 13 comments

VSCode’s SSH agent is bananas (fly.io)
We’re interested in getting integrated into the flow VSCode uses to do remote editing over SSH, because everybody is using VSCode now, and, in particular, they’re using forks of VSCode that generate code with LLMs.

VSCode, Remote Editing, SSH, Generative AI

737 points by zdyxry 53 days ago | 511 comments

Some ways to restrict who can log in via OpenSSH and how they authenticate (utoronto.ca)
In yesterday's entry on allowing password authentication from the Internet for SSH, I mentioned that there were ways to restrict who this was enabled for or who could log in through SSH. Today I want to cover some of them, using settings in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

Security, OpenSSH, Linux, SSH, Configuration

5 points by zdw 73 days ago | 0 comments

Thoughts on having SSH allow password authentication from the Internet (utoronto.ca)
On the Fediverse, I recently saw a poll about whether people left SSH generally accessible on its normal port or if they moved it; one of the replies was that the person left SSH on the normal port but disallowed password based authentication and only allowed public key authentication. This almost led to me posting a hot take, but then I decided that things were a bit more nuanced than my first reaction.

Security, SSH, Networking, Fediverse

49 points by zdw 74 days ago | 66 comments

Show HN: An SSH based utility to transfer pipes across machines – beam (github.com/ksdme)
transfer pipes and files from one computer to another over ssh

SSH, Networking, Data Transfer

28 points by ksdme9 88 days ago | 31 comments

A short primer on the SSH protocol (github.com/ringtailsoftware)

Security, Networking, SSH, Protocol, Tutorials

5 points by trj 92 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: Keypub.sh – OAuth for the terminal using SSH keys (keypub.sh)
A verified directory for SSH public keys.

Security, SSH, Open Source, Tools, Command Line

222 points by messh 100 days ago | 69 comments

Show HN: Copy from tmux/nvim to clipboard over SSH (mil.ad)
Copying text to clipboard when working on a remote machine via SSH can be tricky. While you can usually highlight text with your mouse to copy it to the primary selection clipboard (and paste with middle-click), this approach has limitations.

Remote Access, SSH, Clipboard, Text Editing, Tools

38 points by playnext 101 days ago | 2 comments

MagiskSSH – SSH server on Android without Termux (gitlab.com)

Android, Security, SSH, Mobile Development

134 points by Oxodao 114 days ago | 81 comments

Guide to SSH Reverse Tunneling (pinggy.io)
SSH reverse tunneling is a powerful tool that enables secure remote access to systems or services that are behind firewalls or NATs (Network Address Translation). It is often used to provide external access to local systems and services without modifying the network’s security settings. In this detailed guide, we will break down SSH reverse tunneling, explain its applications, highlight security practices, and discuss alternatives. We will then discuss how Pinggy uses SSH reverse tunneling to share applications and services from localhost.

Networking, Security, SSH, Remote Access, Tools

19 points by pumba_noob 159 days ago | 5 comments

Ask HN: How did you replace Teleport? (ycombinator.com)
Teleport is a good software if you can't configure your SSH servers with Kerberos, or can't figure out Kubernetes' millions of authentication and authorisations solutions.

SSH, Kubernetes, Security, Remote Access

28 points by speedgoose 166 days ago | 17 comments

Show HN: I made an SSH tunnel manager to learn Go (github.com/alebeck)
A simple & reliable command line SSH tunnel manager.

Software, Programming Languages, Go, SSH, Tools

213 points by 0x12A 175 days ago | 67 comments

Sshfs for Windows (github.com/winfsp)
SSHFS-Win is a minimal port of SSHFS to Windows. Under the hood it uses Cygwin for the POSIX environment and WinFsp for the FUSE functionality.

Windows, SSH, File Systems

81 points by keepamovin 193 days ago | 31 comments

Visual guide to SSH tunneling and port forwarding (2023) (ittavern.com)
To make it quick, I wish I had known about port forwarding and tunneling earlier. With this blog post, I try to understand it better myself and share some experiences and tips with you.

Networking, SSH, Security, Tutorials, Port Forwarding

407 points by todsacerdoti 194 days ago | 58 comments

Show HN: Poker over SSH (github.com/theOGognf)
Wanting to play poker but only have a computer and no playing cards? Having a slow day at work and in need of something to pass the time with your coworkers? Managing an entirely legal gambling ring and in need of a secure, private, and easy-to-use solution for running poker games?

Games, SSH, Security, Productivity

10 points by theOGognf 195 days ago | 3 comments

Tailscale SSH (tailscale.com)
Tailscale SSH allows Tailscale to manage the authentication and authorization of SSH connections on your tailnet.

Security, Networking, SSH, Tailscale

62 points by tosh 205 days ago | 13 comments

Why aren't we using SSH for everything? (2015) (shazow.net)

Security, Networking, SSH

40 points by cristoperb 257 days ago | 15 comments

Devzat – Chat over SSH, with some nice quality-of-life features (github.com/quackduck)

SSH, Chat, Productivity Tools

435 points by humanperhaps 257 days ago | 105 comments

SSH has become our universal (Unix) external access protocol (utoronto.ca)