We are truly living in the future. Today while riding the bus to work I used my iPhone to log onto my web server using an SSH terminal app called TouchTerminal. As the bus made its way through the rain I was working at a command line logged on to a LAMP server implementing some PHP security measures that I had read about the night before. I was able to create and edit files with vi, move and copy files and folders, write and execute scripts and do anything that I could do logged onto my server from my computer at home. Did I mention this app is free?
An SSH terminal on your iPhone
I’m not going to do a proper review of TouchTerminal except to say that it is a phenomenally cool free app for all network nerds. To be able to log onto a command line on my server from anywhere with cellular service is amazing. The makers of TouchTerminal also make a Pro version which implements all kinds of goodies to make doing network admin from your iPhone even easier if you are so inclined.
While I can’t really see myself using TouchTerminal all that much, the geek factor is just too much to resist, and for free you can’t go wrong. The only problem I can see is that now I have no excuse for not doing that WordPress upgrade I have been putting off. I’ll just have to do it on the bus.
