ConnectBot is an open-source

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client for the Android

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. It lets users securely log in remotely to

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s that run a secure shell

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. This allows the user to enter commands from their Android device and have the commands run on the remote server instead of the local android device. It uses the standard encryption used by SSH2 to keep any commands and data that are transmitted from being eavesdropped by any potential listeners across the network.

Features

* It supports login with a username and password to any arbitrary server on the local network or internet * Supports connections based on a public/private keypair instead of username/password for increased security * Allows frequently accessed hosts to be saved in a menu, so that they can quickly be re-connected to Once the connection has been made with the remote server, the program presents the user with a terminal where input and output can be sent/received just as if the user were sitting in front of a terminal on the actual server.

Reception

ConnectBot is the most popular Secure Shell client available for the Android operating system, with over 1,000,000 downloads and more than 43,000 ratings on

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with an average rating of 4.5/5.

Products based on ConnectBot

* Georgia SoftWorks (GSW) ConnectBot on

. Adds commercial mass deployment features including network licensing, configuration from a MS Windows server, version updates from LAN, strong security algorithms not using

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. * VX ConnectBot on

. Adds SCP file transfers, screenshots, export of private keys, tap and hold menus, X11 forwarding.

External links

Official website

ConnectBot at Google Play
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Source code repository at GitHub

Legacy development site at Google Code

Software reviews and tutorials

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Video Tutorial

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Android Police Tutorial

Inwtx Tutorial

References

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