Re: [PEAR-QA] 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" <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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
>>
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