SF.net SVN: phpshell: [22] trunk/README

Revision: 22
Author:   mgeisler
Date:     2006-05-07 15:12:30 -0700 (Sun, 07 May 2006)
ViewCVS:  http://svn.sourceforge.net/phpshell/?rev=22&view=rev

Log Message:
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Included text on alternatives from patch #1398916 from SourceForge.
This might not be the best place to put this, we will eventually move
it to a webpage.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/README
Modified: trunk/README
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--- trunk/README	2006-04-29 13:19:47 UTC (rev 21)
+++ trunk/README	2006-05-07 22:12:30 UTC (rev 22)
@@ -96,6 +96,31 @@
 command.
 
 
+Alternatives
+============
+
+An incomplete list of alternatives to PHP Shell would be:
+
+* SSH. The Secure Shell is the standard solution to the problem that
+  PHP Shell tries to solve. SSH lets you login to a remote system in a
+  secure way where the traffic and password is encrypted at all
+  times. You can also upload and download files securely and make
+  encrypted TCP tunnels.
+
+  If your host supports SSH then use it and forget about PHP Shell or
+  any other solution.
+
+* Telnet. This is the old way to obtain an interactive login on a
+  remote system. Unfortunately telnet is insecure since the password
+  and subsequent traffic are sent in clear text. SSH was developed
+  precisely to replace telnet. The advantage of telnet over PHP Shell
+  is that it gives you an interactive session.
+
+* See more alternatives at the Anyterm homepage:
+
+    http://anyterm.org/compared.html
+
+
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