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Mosh -- the mobile shell Mosh: the mobile shell
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Mosh is a remote terminal application that supports intermittent Mosh is a remote terminal application that supports intermittent
connectivity, allows roaming, and provides speculative local echo connectivity, allows roaming, and provides speculative local echo
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Mosh does not support X forwarding or the non-interactive uses of SSH, Mosh does not support X forwarding or the non-interactive uses of SSH,
including port forwarding. including port forwarding.
Other features:
Other features
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* Mosh adjusts its frame rate so as not to fill up network queues * Mosh adjusts its frame rate so as not to fill up network queues
on slow links, so "Control-C" always works within an RTT to halt on slow links, so "Control-C" always works within an RTT to halt
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* Mosh leverages SSH to set up the connection and authenticate * Mosh leverages SSH to set up the connection and authenticate
users. Mosh does not contain any privileged (root) code. users. Mosh does not contain any privileged (root) code.
Usage:
The mosh-client binary must be installed on the user's machine, and Usage
the mosh-server binary on the remote host. -----
The `mosh-client` binary must be installed on the user's machine, and
the `mosh-server` binary on the remote host.
The user runs: The user runs:
$ mosh [user@]host $ mosh [user@]host
If the mosh-client or mosh-server binaries are installed outside the If the `mosh-client` or `mosh-server` binaries are installed outside the
user's PATH, mosh accepts the arguments --client=PATH and user's PATH, mosh accepts the arguments `--client=PATH` and
--server=PATH to select alternate locations. `--server=PATH` to select alternate locations.
How it works:
The mosh program will SSH to user@host to establish the connection. How it works
------------
The mosh program will SSH to `user@host` to establish the connection.
SSH may prompt the user for a password or use public-key SSH may prompt the user for a password or use public-key
authentication to log in. authentication to log in.
From this point, mosh runs the 'mosh-server' process (as the user) From this point, mosh runs the `mosh-server` process (as the user)
on the server machine. The server process listens on a high UDP port on the server machine. The server process listens on a high UDP port
and sends its port number and an AES-128 secret key back to the and sends its port number and an AES-128 secret key back to the
client over SSH. The SSH connection is then shut down and the client over SSH. The SSH connection is then shut down and the
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between client and server. Sites that have these ports firewalled between client and server. Sites that have these ports firewalled
would not be able to use Mosh. would not be able to use Mosh.
More info:
More info
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* Mosh Web site: * Mosh Web site:
http://mosh.mit.edu <http://mosh.mit.edu>
* mosh-users@mit.edu mailing list: * `mosh-users@mit.edu` mailing list:
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/mosh-users <http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/mosh-users>