Package fsh-1.2-1005

The problem: logging in to a remote system with a cryptographic solution such as lsh or ssh takes time, due to the computationally expensive key exchanges that occur when the connection is established. It is common to trigger a lot of remote logins while using remote CVS, which makes it painfully slow compared to having the repository locally. The solution: reuse the secure tunnel once it has been established. fsh is a drop-in rsh-compatible replacement for ssh that automatically resuses ssh tunnels.

You can use `fsh' to connect to a remote system via a tunnel. If `fshd' is not running with the approriate options, one will be started by `fsh'. The exit value of `fsh' will be the exit value of the command that is executed remotely. The basic invocation syntax is: fsh [ options ] server command args... Examples: make sure fsh is installed on both ends start a tunnel: fshd server.domain run cvs: env RSH=fsh cvs -d server.domain:/path/to/cvs/repository co module-name See the info file for more information.