[OmniOS-discuss] X11 application support

[Theo Schlossnagle]

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Marion Hakanson <hakansom at ohsu.edu> wrote:

>
> jesus at omniti.com said:
> > 2) using a browser remotely sounds painful... try ssh options to either
> > forward a port (-L) or act as a SOCKS proxy (-D) both *super* useful.
>
> Perhaps painful is in the eye of the beholder.  Using "ssh -X" or "ssh -Y"
> and running firefox on the remote server "just works".  Maybe I'm missing
> something, but "ssh -L" for connecting to a Dell server's DRAC-Enterprise
> or other embedded webserver takes a fair amount of trial and error to suss
> out what ports, URL's, and/or hostnames their developers require in order
> to work.  E.g. the DRAC-Enterprise, or SuperMicro BMC's often have some
> kind of remote KVM java app built into them, and those have their own
> obscure assumptions about connectivity, too.


You should look at -D

Currently the SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 protocols are supported, and ssh will act
as a SOCKS server.

Makes ssh super for desktop apps (more than just browsers) to act as if
they are in the DC.

-- 

Theo Schlossnagle

http://omniti.com/is/theo-schlossnagle
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