[aur-general] ssh access on port 443

[tom at tswartz.net]

On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 08:34:10PM +0530, eNV25 wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 6:25 PM tom--- via aur-general
> <aur-general at lists.archlinux.org> wrote:
> > Apologies, to be clear;
> > I had raised the issue about ssh on tcp/443; not the .onion services.
> >
> >
> > Incidentally, I have also found my old AUR bug report/feature request about the
> > same, and (at the time) did not appear to be a difficult feature to implement:
> > https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/45364
> > I have no idea how it stands currently, 6.5 years later.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --
> > Tom Swartz
> >
> 
> This bug report is a bit confusing because it talks about "SSH over
> HTTPS" or "Git over HTTPS".

Indeed. 
This was my mistake in confusing the terms those years ago.

> 
> What I mean is making the SSH server listen on an additional endpoint
> (eg. ssh.aur.archlinux.org:443). This should only need some kind of
> TCP forwarding or proxying.
> 
> https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2016/02/18/gitlab-dot-com-now-supports-an-alternate-git-plus-ssh-port/
> https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/troubleshooting-ssh/using-ssh-over-the-https-port

The end result is indeed what you describe above, I simply had difficulty explaining
the request at the time.

-- 
Tom Swartz
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