OpenSSH PATCH: OpenCommand and CloseCommand

[Clifford Wolf]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 09:05:50AM -0500, Ben Lindstrom wrote:
> > the attached patch adds support for the keywords "OpenCommand" and
> > "CloseCommand" to ssh_config. They are commands which are executed before
> > the connection is established (or ProxyCommand started) and after the
> > connection has been closed (or ProxyCommand ended).
> >
> > this is usefull for stuff like portknocking or (that's what I wrote the
> > patch for) talking with trapdoor2 (http://oss.linbit.com/trapdoor2/).
> 
> The ProxyCommand should run for the length of the ssh session.  Why can't
> you implement it fully using that?  Seems to make more sense.

Running the "to-do-before-stuff", running netcat, running the "to-do-
afterwards-stuff" ? No, that's not nice. If the connection itself is just a
plain TCP session ssh should do it on it's own imo ..

yours,
 - clifford

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