Re: Net_SSH2

Yeah, I noticed phpseclib too. Using sockets could be a third driver — maybe he can team up with Luca to make it happen. PHP5 is a must though. Till On Apr 23, 2011 5:37 PM, "Thomas Anderson" <zelnaga@gmail.com> wrote: > I think phpseclib's Net_SSH2 has far eclipsed this one: > > http://phpseclib.sourceforge.net/ > > It requires neither the libssh2 extension be installed or OpenSSH be > installed. As a pure PHP implementation it just works and is > extremely portable. Private keys don't need to live on the local file > system, a much wider array of private key formats are supported and, > at least when compared to libssh2, phpseclib is faster: > > http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/techblog/article/make_ssh_connections_with_php/#comment_3759 > > It also logs SSH and SFTP sessions in a way that neither libssh2 or > OpenSSH can. Granted, that's probably only useful if you are actually > familiar with the SSH protocol, but the flip side is that even if you > aren't, those logs give the phpseclib developer an ability to diagnose > and debug problems that the author of PEAR's Net_SSH2 quite simply > doesn't have. > > I, personally, think phpseclib's Net_SSH2 should be incorporated into > PEAR somehow. There are just a few problems with doing so: phpseclib > wouldn't just replace Net_SSH2 - it'd replace Crypt_RSA as well. It > also doesn't completely follow the current PEAR coding standards. The > phpseclib developer is pretty insistent on supporting PHP4, which > means that they use var $varname instead of public / private / > protected $varname. The license is compatible (LGPL for the latest > release, MIT for the latest SVN) and the indentation standards are, as > well. > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 8:19 PM, till <till@php.net> wrote: >> Hey Luca, >> >> I'm a little surprised there is no release of Net_SSH2 yet. Is there >> anything we can help you with to move this forward? Looks like it's >> been a long while actually. >> >> Till >> >> -- >> PEAR QA Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >>