[lug] HTML terminal?

[bgiles at coyotesong.com]

shudder

You can always have a CGI app (or servlet or whatever) that's a front end
to a subshell on the server.  Going from subshell -> browser is easy (just
run the output through an html-ifier), going from the browser -> subshell
would have to go through a form.

But it's incredibly risky since, duh, it's a shell.  At a minimum you'll
want to handle everything over https.

> I don't know if anything like this even exists, I'm just
> hoping:
>
> I'm looking for a way to run a terminal connection to a
> system using HTML as the interface.  Not a Java applet.
> A text entry form in place of the command line and HTML code
> for displaying the terminal window.
>
> Why?  Because when I travel, some internet connections I
> find do not allow any form of SSH.  Java can be disabled (or
> not installed) and applications can be prevented from
> running, preventing the use of something like putty.
>
> But HTML is always there.
>
> Obviously the interface would be limited to the command
> line...no applications fancier than ex and mail.  But at
> least it would allow minimal access in an emergency.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --David
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