Prompt from Panic does SSH on iPad and iPhone
Prompt from Panic is probably not an app you'll download just to muck around with and then forget. An SSH client is one of those things you either need and use a fair bit, or not at all. Described by developer Panic as "a clean, crisp, and cheer......
Terminal Tips: More reliable SSH connections to your Back to My Mac hosts
Back to My Mac is a feature of MobileMe that allows you to connect remotely to your Macs. Usually this is for screen-sharing or file-sharing through the Finder, but you can also connect via SSH.
In the Terminal app (found in /Applications/Utilities/), ...
iSSH updates, supports multitasking and port forwarding
Filed under: Software, Internet Tools, iPhone, App StoreOne must-have app for me with any smartphone is a decent SSH client; I wouldn't move over to the iPhone until I was sure it had one. When Zingersoft's iSSH came along and I was able to kick its ti...
How-To: Use SSH to Investigate Folder Sizes
Users can let their Home folder get out of hand and slowly kill any remaining hard drive space. I use Apple Remote Desktop if I need to find out who's using up too much space with their Home folder and SSH works perfectly for this.
SSH and the case-sensitive username in Snow Leopard
Filed under: TUAW Tips, Snow Leopard
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard introduced a lot of under-the-hood changes and many are not very obvious. One such change is to the authentication requirements for logging in remotely via SSH.
In 10.5 logging in remotely...
iPhone worm author really goes to work
Filed under: iPhone, Jailbreak/pwnage
While you have to go to quite some lengths to be vulnerable to it, jailbroken iPhones have been under fire for susceptibility to a particular SSH-based type of worm that has seen a lot of press Protect yourself from SSH-based iPhone worms
Filed under: Security, iPhone, Jailbreak/pwnage
The internet has been ablaze with reports of jailbroken iPhones being infested with worms. The exploit takes advantage of unwitting jailbreakers who install OpenSSH on their iPhones via Cydia without taking into account all...“ikee” iPhone Worm Progeny Not So Harmless
Earlier this week, we reported that the first iPhone worm had been created. It was called “ikee,” and all it did was change the default wallpaper on devices to an image of Rick Astley with “ikee is never going to give you up” printed across the top. It was relatively harmless, if annoying, and the...
Dutch hacker accesses jailbroken iPhones, requests €5
Filed under: Hardware, Hacks, iPhone
Running a jailbroken iPhone has its risks, as a Dutch hacker has demonstrated. Specifically, he used a bit of port scanning to find jailbroken phones with SSH running in his native Netherlands. From there, he sent unsuspecting users...iPhone Remote Control Apps: Reach Out and Touch Your Mac
Isn’t it the dream of every slacker to sit in bed, or at the beach, and make it appear like you are putting a full day at the office? Well, there’s an app for that.
Enter the variety of remote control apps for the iPhone, which let you operate your desktop Mac from your iPhone as...
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