http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/ 2010-08-12T22:36:04+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/ http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2007-09-30T03:13:41+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/about?rev=1191075221 MidpSSH is an SSH and Telnet client for MIDP 1.0 / 2.0 (J2ME) devices such as Java™-capable cellphones and other mobile devices. MidpSSH is developed by Karl von Randow www.xk72.com and released under the GPL. MidpSSH is based upon Floyd SSH ... text/html 2009-11-04T20:28:20+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/bb-tcp-settings?rev=1257319700 The Blackberry needs the correct TCP settings in order to access the internet without BES. Cingular Some Cingular devices are prevented from accessing the network at all without the application being signed. Read more about device security. For ... text/html 2009-05-30T05:15:38+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/builds?rev=1243617338 For every release version there are many different builds of MidpSSH available. This is because different devices have different capabilities and compatibilities. The builds are: Full; all functionality, all protocols; available for MIDP 1 or 2; ... text/html 2006-01-17T20:38:11+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/cingular-tcp-settings?rev=1137483491 This page has been replaced by bb-tcp-settings. ... text/html 2006-03-03T14:12:51+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/connecting?rev=1141348371 When you select a session in the Sessions Menu you will begin the connection process. You will probably be prompted to allow MidpSSH to access network services. Answer yes and continue. The next thing you should see is a black screen (assuming y... text/html 2006-01-17T20:38:11+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/dev-release-cycle?rev=1137483491 MidpSSH usually gets a new release version once every month (or two months). Because of strange incompatibilities with some devices we go through a beta testing process before each release. Within the beta testing there may be a series of alpha test... text/html 2008-01-04T09:05:38+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/dev-todo?rev=1199390738 NOTE: Please don’t edit this page. This is a reflection of what’s on the developer’s todo list. Please discuss items in the forum and Karl will update this page. You mean the “forum” that you removed because of spammer... text/html 2008-01-04T08:59:45+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/development?rev=1199390385 MidpSSH is released under a GPL license. It is open-source. Anyone may download the source code and use it as long as they abide by the license conditions. It is primarily developed by Karl von Randow, with contributions from the user community. ... text/html 2008-07-18T05:41:53+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/device-network-settings?rev=1216316513 On some devices (phones) there are Internet profile settings for Java applications to use. The Internet profile used must be for Internet access rather than for WAP access. This is often a different APN that is already configured in your device or y... text/html 2007-12-29T09:35:11+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/device-security-motorola?rev=1198874111 Quoted from the guide put together by Selcouth. I did this with my Motorola A630 on T-Mobile and everything works fine. I’m not sure if it works with other phones, but it can’t hurt [much] to give it a try as long as you backup your dat... text/html 2006-12-10T14:25:23+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/device-security?rev=1165713923 Some devices have security settings built into them that prevent you making socket connections. On some devices there are workarounds (see below), while on others you are currently stuck (however see http proxying). You most likely have a device se... text/html 2010-07-01T04:34:16+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/faq?rev=1277915656 This page lists the frequently asked questions from the forum and either answers them of preferably links to the appropriate page in the documentation where they are answered. Please add your own questions AND answers to keep this useful. Thank you... text/html 2009-08-22T03:37:12+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/firewalls?rev=1250869032 Some telcos have firewalls on their network that prevent you from connecting to some network ports. Sometimes they will firewall out all network ports save a few that they leave open. You may have a firewall problem is you experience or see the fol... text/html 2006-01-17T20:38:11+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/http-proxy?rev=1137483491 An HTTP proxy server is the solution to the problems of lack of socket support or restrictions of device security. Now Available An HTTP proxy server is available with MidpSSH from version 1.5. This is currently in alpha release. Please check this ... text/html 2007-03-10T03:58:52+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/import-sessions?rev=1173452332 If you have a lot of session information that you’d like to import onto your device, or onto multiple devices, then you can create a session file on a webserver and import it into MidpSSH. Bold Text Import File Format The import file is a... text/html 2009-10-05T06:02:55+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/install?rev=1254675775 You can take a look at the requirements of MidpSSH, but if you know that your device can run Java then it may be easiest just to proceed with the installation and troubleshoot if it doesn’t work! .. Downloading The best method of installing... text/html 2009-05-08T21:01:56+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/interacting?rev=1241773316 I think it would be useful to go through a sample session here. This is my experience of using MidpSSH on a BlackBerry Pearl 8120 to read and delete my email. N.B. I am a beginner with this software and hope that someone more knowledgeable can impro... text/html 2009-05-08T20:39:55+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/keyboard?rev=1241771995 On the BlackBerry Pearl 8120, if you press the Menu key while connected, this list of options will pop up. What do these options do? 1 input This pops up a text box in which you can compose your command. When you are done, hit Menu again and sele... text/html 2006-01-17T20:38:11+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/lite?rev=1137483491 Some devices impose a limitation on the size of the applications (midlets) that are installed. This limitation, if imposed, is usually 64KB. When you try to install a large application you may see some of the following messages, all telling you tha... text/html 2007-08-22T10:10:07+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/macro-substitutions?rev=1187734207 Macro values can contain the following strings, which will be substituted with special characters or functionality. This enables you to have macros that do more than enter simple text commands. They can control applications such as screen, emacs or ... text/html 2006-01-17T20:38:11+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/midp-versions?rev=1137483491 MIDP is the Mobile Information Device Profile. It is a Java API that is available on Java enabled mobile devices, so that you can write Java midlets (like applets but for MIDP) and have them run on any Java enabled mobile device. That is the dream, ... text/html 2007-07-06T23:34:14+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/nokia_6288?rev=1183721654 Maybe it’s useful for anybody around the world that uses nokia, simply go to nokia’s page http://www.nokia.es/A4361167 and get settings, first the standard settings and then the advanced, with this method you can select your provider, yo... text/html 2008-11-01T03:44:36+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/public-key?rev=1225464276 Public key authentication is now available instead of password authentication. It is only supported in SSH 2 and only for ssh-dss keys. Activating You can enable public key authentication on the SSH Settings screen, where there is an option to tu... text/html 2007-03-08T02:25:55+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/requirements?rev=1173273955 In order to run MidpSSH you must have a device that meets the following requirements: Java enabled, in particular it must implement the MIDP API but Java enabled means that I think. Socket support. Some devices (especially MIDP 1 devices - more a... text/html 2009-12-22T18:30:53+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/screen_types?rev=1261459853 Mobile phones (and most other LCD screens) are two types: RGB and BGR. BenQ-Siemens See also: Siemens BenQ-Siemens S68: BGR BenQ-Siemens ME75: RGB Blackberry Blackberry 8700: RGB Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson J300i: BGR Sony Ericsson K800... text/html 2006-01-17T20:38:11+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/socket-support?rev=1137483491 In the MIDP 1 specification (read about the different MIDP versions) network socket support was not required. It is now part of the MIDP 2 specification. MidpSSH uses socket support in order to make the SSH connection to the server. So if your devi... text/html 2006-03-03T14:28:09+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/special-menu?rev=1141349289 The special menu is accessed from the menu during a session. The special menu exists to help you type special things, such as a range of symbols (that may not be easy to enter otherwise), other keys and some other useful functions. The top level of... text/html 2007-09-30T03:24:04+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/ssh-versions?rev=1191075844 SSH 2 is a more secure protocol and has mostly replaced SSH 1. SSH 1 is still widely available, however there are a growing number of servers that are configured to only accept SSH 2 out-of-the-box. It is not a great idea to use SSH 1 if possible be... text/html 2006-01-17T20:38:11+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/ssh2-algorithms?rev=1137483491 SSH 2 only supports the 3des-cbc cipher because that is the only cipher that is REQUIRED by the SSH 2 specification (http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-secsh-transport-24.txt). Many servers however do implement the aes128-cbc which is RE... text/html 2010-08-01T06:01:16+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/start?rev=1280599276 This Wiki contains documentation on how to install, use and troubleshoot MidpSSH. Because of constraints of size on most Midp devices the documentation and assistance in MidpSSH itself is minimal. Because of the number of different devices and provi... text/html 2009-04-20T13:29:47+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/stories?rev=1240190987 This a page where you can share your stories about using MidpSSH. Karl I mainly use MidpSSH for server related emergencies. My best experience was being able to fix a broken service while on the ski field without even having to remove my snowboar... text/html 2010-07-25T21:45:18+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/suggestions?rev=1280051118 Suggestions for future releases Add the ability to see the terminal window and input text commands directly into the terminal window instead of going Menu>input>”texthere”>enter. very annoying most of the time, aswell, allow th... text/html 2010-08-09T08:04:11+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/supported-devices?rev=1281297851 MidpSSH has been confirmed working on the following devices. If your device is not listed there is a good chance that it will work! Please try it and update this list if it works. If it doesn’t work please post in the support forum and we’ll see if ... text/html 2006-01-17T20:38:11+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/telnet-to-smtp?rev=1137483491 You’ve probably been suggested to try telneting to an SMTP server if you are trying to troubleshoot connection problems. This is because there may be one or more security policies interfering with your use of MidpSSH, including your device's ... text/html 2009-09-15T23:33:36+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/terminal-emulation?rev=1253014416 MidpSSH does not support non-ASCII characters in some [all? –d.] font sizes. This can cause display errors in ncurses programs that use VT100 graphics characters. The problem can be fixed by creating a terminfo entry for MidpSSH. Here’s ... text/html 2008-02-12T09:26:53+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/troubleshooting-authentication?rev=1202761613 If you can connect to your SSH server but your authentication fails you probably just need to tweak your configuration or enter your password correctly! One very common cause is entering the password incorrectly into MidpSSH. Depending upon your pa... text/html 2010-02-10T08:46:40+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/troubleshooting-blackberry?rev=1265744800 Check your Blackberry OS version. If you have a version less than 3.8 you require MDS to access the Internet. If you have version 3.8 or later and don’t have MDS you need to ensure that you have access to connect to the Internet through your t... text/html 2009-02-15T21:58:05+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/troubleshooting-connection?rev=1234688285 You are having difficulty connecting to a session. First try checking the Connecting user-guide, as it may contain some useful information. Otherwise, hopefully an error message has appeared on the screen; in which case look for it (or something si... text/html 2007-05-07T18:06:34+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/troubleshooting-motorola?rev=1178517994 Troubleshooting Motorola ... text/html 2010-01-27T23:22:55+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/troubleshooting-nokia?rev=1264587775 Troubleshooting Nokia Writer error On Nokia6230i MidpSSH v1.6 fail with error with Writer (Czech Republic, T-mobile) Solution is to request mobile operator for pdf file with instruction howto setup gprs for this type of telefone I apologise but... text/html 2009-05-27T09:53:30+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/troubleshooting-slow-negotiation?rev=1243374810 Negotiation of a connection using SSH 2 is very slow on some devices. Karl is currently investigating to see whether anything can be done to further speed up the connection, or whether these devices are just too slow! Device List The following de... text/html 2010-08-12T14:37:16+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/troubleshooting-sonyericsson?rev=1281580636 * On one Sony Ericsson K610i MidpSSH v1.4.20 fails when connecting, giving an “Session Error: Writer:” message. Upgrading (when the phone asks: Application already exists. Replace?) to v1.6 shows the same problem. Solution: delete t... text/html 2007-06-07T23:49:27+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/troubleshooting?rev=1181216967 There are a number of different problems that can arise when using MidpSSH. This page will help you identify your problem and hopefully find a fix or workaround. If you discover new fixes or workarounds, please add to this section. Check if your ar... text/html 2007-09-30T03:17:27+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/type_mode?rev=1191075447 Type mode is one of the input modes in MidpSSH. It is designed for devices with full text keyboards. If you don’t have a full text keyboard (or type mode doesn’t work) then you need to use input mode. Java midlets are not designed to wo... text/html 2006-01-17T20:38:11+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/using-macros?rev=1137483491 Macros can be set up for often-typed strings or commands, as typing on a mobile device is often tiresome. Macros are set up in the Macros menu. Macros Menu The Macros menu can be accessed from the Main Menu or from the menu during a session. Mac... text/html 2009-12-24T08:26:50+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/using-overview?rev=1261596410 MidpSSH is a simple application to get started with. Glance at the Quick Start instructions below and then have a play with it - there aren’t very many options and it is often quite self-explanatory. If you encounter problems come back and see... text/html 2008-05-03T09:24:42+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/using-sessions?rev=1209763482 A session contains the details for connecting to a host. You configure sessions in the Sessions Menu before connecting. Sessions Menu The Sessions Menu can be accessed from the Main Menu. In order to make a connection to a host you must configure... text/html 2010-08-10T02:50:05+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/using-settings?rev=1281365405 The Settings are accessed in the Settings menu off the Main Menu. Some of the settings affect the way MidpSSH looks while others affect the operation of MidpSSH. It may be necessary to change the settings in order to get MidpSSH working on your devi... text/html 2007-10-21T07:27:10+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/using-ui?rev=1192904830 The Sessions option takes you to the Sessions screen where you manage a list of SSH or Telnet sessions. The Macros option lets you manage sets of macros that enable you to enter frequently used commands quickly. The Settings option lets you configur... text/html 2009-07-06T21:14:36+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/using?rev=1246871676 This documentation describes how to use MidpSSH. Because of the limitations of mobile devices there is not a lot of documentation or help in MidpSSH itself, so please refer to this manual if you want to understand the features of MidpSSH or are havi... text/html 2007-11-22T18:09:07+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/wiki/wifi?rev=1195708147 To use BlackBerry WiFi, there is this resource: http://devberry.com/2007/10/22/wi-fi-connections/ What this means is you can select TCP/IP and then define your host:port with this special string on the end of it. For instance, to connect to 192.16...