[c-nsp] ssh in ie

[Ray Burkholder]

Quoting Brian McMahon <brmcmaho at cabrillo.edu>:

> 
> 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
> 

Having a better idea of what to look for, I see Putty references this concept
directly:

http://putty.mirroring.de/wishlist/ssh-url-scheme.html

and Microsoft does have a workaround:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/networking/pluggable/overview/appendix_a.asp



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