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copied!<p>Sorry, given your constraints (client-side Javascript only), there is no way to connect to a plain old SSH server.</p> <p>WebSockets is not plain TCP. It's a framed protocol with a HTTP-like handshake between the client and server that includes origin policy.</p> <p>Flash can make plain TCP connections, but it also has origin policy enforcement. The way it does this is by making a connection to the same server on port 843 and asking for a special XML file that contains the origin policy. If you are willing to relax your constraints slightly such that you are willing to run a generic WebSockets to TCP proxy either on a server (any server) or on the client then you can do what you are wanting to do. noVNC includes a C and python WebSockets to TCP proxy: <a href="http://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/tree/master/utils/" rel="noreferrer">http://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/tree/master/utils/</a>.</p> <p>Other info you might find useful:</p> <ul> <li><p>Current WebSocket draft: <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hixie-thewebsocketprotocol-76" rel="noreferrer">http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hixie-thewebsocketprotocol-76</a></p></li> <li><p>Simple (insecure) way of running a flash policy server (Linux/UNIX with socat) is described here: <a href="http://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/blob/master/docs/flash_policy.txt" rel="noreferrer">http://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/blob/master/docs/flash_policy.txt</a></p></li> <li><p>More info about the flash policy file: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/doctype/wiki/ArticleFlashSecurity" rel="noreferrer">http://code.google.com/p/doctype/wiki/ArticleFlashSecurity</a></p></li> </ul>

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