SMSTerm utilizes the ICQ2000 protocol and is a software application.
If you need to interact with your computer from a mobile GSM network, SMSTerm is the perfect application for you. It uses the ICQ2000 protocol to offer a shell on your mobile phone, enabling you to send commands directly to the shell via SMS.
Minimal authentication is performed over SMS before a shell is spawned and offered to the user through their mobile device. This feature is beneficial for remote administration tasks, network status checks, or even for running small chores on your system while you're away.
SMSTerm uses Expect.pm and includes a script for sending SMS through the ICQ network via the command line to any GSM mobile. It also features a PHP script to set up a Web to SMS gateway.
With SMSTerm, you can contact systems behind NATs, and the kernel modules allow ICQ to be masqueraded reliably, making it a useful telnet option. Even if your system is behind a firewall, you can still do your chores on your system when you're halfway across the globe.
To use SMSTerm, you only need a GSM mobile and an ICQ account. The ICQ account is crucial, as it's used as the underlying protocol in SMSTerm to transfer and receive SMS messages.
In the new release of SMSTerm, the delay time has been increased from 10 seconds to 20 seconds. The default delay time was causing the application to receive RATE_LIMIT errors, so bumping it up should help if you encounter similar issues.
In conclusion, SMSTerm is a straightforward Perl script that enables remote system administration through SMS. It is a must-have application for anyone who needs to stay on top of their system's status on the go.
Minimal authentication is performed over SMS before a shell is spawned and offered to the user through their mobile device. This feature is beneficial for remote administration tasks, network status checks, or even for running small chores on your system while you're away.
SMSTerm uses Expect.pm and includes a script for sending SMS through the ICQ network via the command line to any GSM mobile. It also features a PHP script to set up a Web to SMS gateway.
With SMSTerm, you can contact systems behind NATs, and the kernel modules allow ICQ to be masqueraded reliably, making it a useful telnet option. Even if your system is behind a firewall, you can still do your chores on your system when you're halfway across the globe.
To use SMSTerm, you only need a GSM mobile and an ICQ account. The ICQ account is crucial, as it's used as the underlying protocol in SMSTerm to transfer and receive SMS messages.
In the new release of SMSTerm, the delay time has been increased from 10 seconds to 20 seconds. The default delay time was causing the application to receive RATE_LIMIT errors, so bumping it up should help if you encounter similar issues.
In conclusion, SMSTerm is a straightforward Perl script that enables remote system administration through SMS. It is a must-have application for anyone who needs to stay on top of their system's status on the go.
What's New
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