Thursday, August 16, 2012

SSH Revisited

Things change, and they change fast in the Android world.

My trusty SSH client, ConnectBot, got abandoned by it's developers.

Luckily, development and maintenance now continues in two forked projects.  Of those, my pick's Irssi ConnectBox.  One of it's major feature is support for physical keyboards, including CTRL and TAB keys.  Whether you've got a bluetooth keyboard or a tablet with a keyboard dock, that's a godsend.

On the server side, there's a new player: Dropbear SSH Server.  It's a free, open source, full featured SSH server with a clean interface.  It does seem to require root permissions to run though, so if you're on a stock unrooted ROM, you may have to stick to SSHDroid (free with ads).

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