Support for key based authentication

[dhananjaysathe]

Amazing work!

Out of curiosity I noticed https://github.com/nwtgck/ssh-keygen-web is it possible to use something like this or just copy private key and use it to authenticate against a remote server rather than username password

[nwtgck]

Thanks!

I also want key based authentication. This core SSH part of the project is highly based on SSHy, and it has a similar issue too: https://github.com/stuicey/SSHy/issues/27. SSHy is currently inactive, so we may need to implement it. The future implementation may be here: https://github.com/nwtgck/piping-ssh-web/blob/f0fc180af375e35e86295be7c383875851d87f4e/src/auth_handler.js#L62.

[ParkerOu]

Any plan for implementation?

[nwtgck]

Hi,

• plan1: Learn SSH key based authentication and implement
  • not easy to do that and not easy to ensure saftey
• plan2: Transform openssh-client to wasm and use it
  • more ideal and safe
• edit: plan3: use Go SSH client
  • more easy to use wasm but binary size is big

Do you use piping-ssh? Do you plan to use piping-ssh when key based authentication is implemented?

Someone using it is one of my motivation to implement. Another motivation is other major browsers other than Chromium-based ones implementing fetch() upload streaming feature.

[ParkerOu]

Trying to use piping-ssh in project. I have tried to use it, but I can't use it with my own server. Have researched https://github.com/nwtgck/piping-server/issues/696 Is it possible to use ssh client with bash or application based on piping-ssh?

Currently only key-based ssh is required. I will consider using key-based authentication in the future. Thanks for the quick reply!

[nwtgck]

I have tried to use it, but I can't use it with my own server.

Do you want to self-host it? If not, Replit is best choice to have your own server. Click the fork button in https://replit.com/@nwtgck/piping to have the server.

Is it possible to use ssh client with bash or application based on piping-ssh?

Sorry, I'm no sure what you are going to do. Do you want to build a SSH client app running on browsers?

[ParkerOu]

I have tried to use it, but I can't use it with my own server.

Do you want to self-host it? If not, Replit is best choice to have your own server. Click the fork button in https://replit.com/@nwtgck/piping to have the server.

Yes, I want to self-host it.

Is it possible to use ssh client with bash or application based on piping-ssh?

Sorry, I'm no sure what you are going to do. Do you want to build a SSH client app running on browsers?

Sorry for my poor English. I want to build a SSH client via website or PC, Linux applications.

[nwtgck]

@dhananjaysathe @ParkerOu

Now public key authentication supported!

I created this project from scratch with Go (golang.org/x/crypto/ssh) and WebAssembly. New version is already deployed: https://piping-ssh.nwtgck.org