[c-nsp] ssh in ie

[Brian McMahon]

On Jun 6, 2006, at 08:33, Ray Burkholder wrote:

> Is there a way to create a web link along the lines of ssh:// 
> 10.1.1.1 or
> something similar so when I click on a link it will start up Putty  
> and connect
> to the device?

Yes, but you need to be running a modern browser.  A quick little  
test shows that Firefox and Safari already behave as expected, with  
your exact URI syntax, even!

Maybe IE7 will support this; I dunno.  I did spend several minutes  
wading through overdesigned fancy web pages at microsoft.com, looking  
for a nice concise list of features without rah-rah marketing, but I  
gave up.  And it doesn't run so well on my PowerBook, so I can't just  
test it myself.  8-)

For the gory details:

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-secsh-scp-sftp-ssh- 
uri-04.txt

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Brian McMahon <brian dot mcmahon at cabrillo dot edu>
Computer Networking and System Administration Instructor
Cabrillo College, Aptos, California