- From: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:42:20 -0400
- To: bob@sporkmonger.com
- Cc: Kristof Zelechovski <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl>, uri-review@ietf.org, uri@w3.org
On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 21:16 -0400, Bob Aman wrote: > > - Downloadable software that would cause the browser to recognize such > > URIs in the future, and handle them appropriately (i.e., by opening a > > secure shell, rather than by fetching a page from sshuri.org). > > Furthermore, such software might even be programmed to recognize and > > handle the "ssh:" URI scheme as well. > > I have a problem with this in the general case because I don't think > there's currently a way for such a URI to be registered to a specific > application in any major browser. Take a look at greasemonkey: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748 Greasemonkey is based on recognizing URI patterns and performing special functions when such patterns are recognized. David Booth > And for the specific case, I can > think of at least one use case where you might want to link to an ssh > URI in a browser: HTTP-based admin interfaces to machines. > > And I'll also repeat my previous comment for emphasis: This concept > is just confusing. > > -1 to the concept of using anything under the http/https scheme to > formally represent an ssh identifier. > > -Bob Aman > > -- David Booth, Ph.D. Cleveland Clinic (contractor) Opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Cleveland Clinic.
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