SimpleSSH

SimpleSSH is a menu based shell script designed to take the effort out of port forwarding, binding ports, and forwarding X11.

Created

12/08/11

Version

1.3

Release Notes

1.3 (12/05/11)

• Added information on how to configure a SOCKS Proxy on Mac OS X, Windows PuTTY, and Firefox
• Added manual for SimpleSSH under Main Menu > Instructions > General Help
• Added information on how to utilize X11 on Mac OS X and Windows.
• Added more comments throught code for more clarity

1.2 (12/04/11)

• Implemented looping for menus so there is now an option for rerunning the script if there is an error.
• Added global functions to optimize code
• Further customized the Quit option from the menu.
• Added the ability to exit from any of the running SSH modes.
• Updated menu design.
• Added an About section to main menu.
• Added an Instructions section to main menu.
• Added a Release Notes section to main menu.
• Removed custom SSH port from advanced menu. Feature was already located under the standard mode.
• Added "Enter for Default" to the Standard Mode.
• Added "Enter for Default" to SSH, Bind, and Forwarding offering suggestions and speeding up data entry for common ports such as 22.
• Changed encryption methods from individual variables to an array.

1.1 (11/08/11)

• Added Windows Remote Desktop Port under Forwarding popular ports.

1.0 (09/12/11)

• Initial build.

Upcoming Features

• Socket Cleaning
• netstat tuna | grep server
• ps -A | grep port
• kill -9 pid
• netstat tuna | grep server # to double check

Usage

The script will need execute permissions. They can be added with chmod u+x simplessh.sh or chmod 740 simplessh.sh.

If the script is in the system path it can be executed with the following $ simplessh. If running from a directery, run with $ ./simplessh.sh.

Platforms

SimpleSSH has only been tested on Mac OS X

License

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991