2014-12-06 16:08:04 +00:00
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December 6, 2014.
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The idea is to make a proper ssh implementation for Android. Important
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features:
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* it should run happily without root (on a non-root port)
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* it should be a regular android app requiring no special permissions,
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and not requiring any 'magic' executable files
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* should not rely on busybox
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* preferably support sftp
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* open source
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The existing apps are either expensive, don't work, need root, or too
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complicated, or a mix of all of the above. And none of them are open
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source.
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I figure I'll start with dropbear, which I will run through JNI instead
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of putting it in its own binary (because making such a binary executable
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is a bit of a hack).
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So that's the plan........
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2014-12-14 21:57:34 +00:00
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December 14, 2014.
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I got dropbear to compile under the Android NDK, so now it's time to work
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on the Android side of it.
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I need:
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* a Service that can be started, stopped, and queried for whether it's
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running or not
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* a Thread to implement the Service's work (by calling into dropbear's
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main()), which can also be stopped.
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* a config UI with at least these choices:
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- bool: start on boot (def: true)
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- number: port number (def: 2222)
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- string: path to authorized_keys file (def: /sdcard/ssh)
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- string: name of default shell (def: /system/bin/sh -l)
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- string: default path for HOME (def: /sdcard/ssh)
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- button: start or (if it's running) stop
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