commit 45ebf8ab9ffc9fa7f1f4d04849f5f1a947d22c63 Author: Greg Alexander Date: Sat Dec 6 11:08:04 2014 -0500 manifesto diff --git a/NOTES b/NOTES new file mode 100644 index 0000000..49af7b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/NOTES @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +December 6, 2014. + +The idea is to make a proper ssh implementation for Android. Important +features: + + * it should run happily without root (on a non-root port) + + * it should be a regular android app requiring no special permissions, + and not requiring any 'magic' executable files + + * should not rely on busybox + + * preferably support sftp + + * open source + +The existing apps are either expensive, don't work, need root, or too +complicated, or a mix of all of the above. And none of them are open +source. + +I figure I'll start with dropbear, which I will run through JNI instead +of putting it in its own binary (because making such a binary executable +is a bit of a hack). + +So that's the plan........