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Re:Show HN: Shellvault – Cloud SSH terminal accessible from ... by shellshook on Thursday January 10, 2019 @11:17AM (#18874924)
The only way this software even remotely makes sense is as a self-hosted open source product. Why is this closed source?
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Re:Show HN: Shellvault – Cloud SSH terminal accessible from ... by devoply on Thursday January 10, 2019 @01:35PM (#18876540)
> Why is this closed source?

Because free shit don't make money, yo.

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Re:Show HN: Shellvault – Cloud SSH terminal accessible from ... by shellshook on Thursday January 10, 2019 @01:39PM (#18876582)
Neither does an obviously flawed business model. I can't imagine ever wanting to use this as-is. Horribly insecure.

If it was self hosted and open there'd at least be the tiny chance of a support contract.

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Re:Show HN: Shellvault – Cloud SSH terminal accessible from ... by Skunkleton on Thursday January 10, 2019 @05:36PM (#18879044)
Its not like this hasn't been done before

https://github.com/billchurch/WebSSH2 https://github.com/stuicey/SSHy

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Re:Show HN: Shellvault – Cloud SSH terminal accessible from ... by rkeene2 on Thursday January 10, 2019 @11:18PM (#18880971)
I've been using gotty with great success for a while.
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Re:Show HN: Shellvault – Cloud SSH terminal accessible from ... by xorcist on Thursday January 10, 2019 @03:07PM (#18877553)
The truly evil business model would be to offer this as a free service. The company would be set up for a very profitable acquisition just by their placement in their customer's data streams.
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Re:Show HN: Shellvault – Cloud SSH terminal accessible from ... by omarchowdhury on Thursday January 10, 2019 @12:57PM (#18876151)
I have to agree with this.
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