mosh

[Ken D'Ambrosio]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:07:54 -0500 Eric Stein wrote

> Can you use screen inside mosh? I'm mostly curious whether I can use this
> while not excluding my devices that are as of yet incapable of running the
> mosh client... 

1) I see zero reason why you couldn't; from an application perspective, it's
really no different than telnet or ssh: go, curses!

2) Yah; mosh was mentioned on Slashdot a week or two ago -- it turns out it's
really a proof-of-concept for a new protocol, SSP:
http://slashdot.org/story/12/04/11/1343257/

-Ken


----- Original message ----- 
> Thought I'd share this: http://mosh.mit.edu/ [1] 
> 
> It's a remote terminal program (like SSH or telnet) but designed 
> to allow for mobility. Rather than sending the whole stream 
> across the network, it maintains a screen state on the remote 
> server (like screen) and syncs up the local display as needed. 
> 
> I've been using it for a few days now, and have been pretty 
> impressed, roaming seamlessly between wired and wireless 
> networks, between home and work, without losing my session has 
> been pretty nice. 
> 
> -- 
> Chip Marshall  
> http://weblog.2bithacker.net/ [3]; KB1QYW PGP key ID 43C4819E 
> v4sw5PUhw4/5ln5pr5FOPck4ma4u6FLOw5Xm5l5Ui2e4t4/5ARWb7HKOen6a2Xs5IMr2g6CM 

 

Links:
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[1] http://mosh.mit.edu/
[2] mailto:chip at 2bithacker.net
[3] http://weblog.2bithacker.net/%C2%A0