SSH2 client written in pure JavaScript for node.js

Re:SSH2 client written in pure JavaScript for node.js by andreyvit on Monday November 12, 2012 @08:26AM (#4772723)

Re .ssh/config, this only makes sense for cli tools.

If you're on a Mac and writing a desktop sandboxed GUI app, reading .ssh/config isn't even an option. Same for W8 Metro apps (if those can even contain a Node.js runtime; not sure about that).

And if you're using an ssh lib on a web site to access user-provided data using user-provided credentials, you most certainly don't need .ssh/config.

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Re:SSH2 client written in pure JavaScript for node.js by ibotty on Monday November 12, 2012 @08:49AM (#4772795)

why? what about the usecase i presented? mysql-workbench is no cli app. still, i'd like it to support multi-hop. and it should do so without me configuring it separately.

edit: to make this more clear. of course a heavily sandboxed app might not support .ssh/config. but it should not be able to read my keys as well. so i don't really see the point. a web-app is a very different thing. but node is not only about web apps anymore.

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