This is a similar software, but maintained. However, it doesn’t look like you limit networking with the Docker backend, beyond a simple on/off.
An even simpler solution, is to have the the ssh entry command not be the usual shell command (/bin/bash), but rather a command that starts a shell within a container. So something like:
podman run -it --rm -v "-v /HOST-DIR:/CONTAINER-DIR" docker.io/library/debian:bookworm bash would create a shell inside a short lived debian container (that is deleted upon disconnect) where a host directory is mounted inside the container.
As for mysecureshell, I would assume that since it is in the Ubuntu repos, it is still being maintained. But it’s possible, since it is unmaintained that there are unknown security vulnerabilities or other issues, but:
It’ll just be for half a dozen friends for when I want to give them larger files, or if I want them to send me full-resolution photos.
If it’s just for your friends, it may be okay to use a less secure solution if you trust them.
As an alternate solution: since you are looking for some sort of file searching, perhaps you could host an app explicitly designed for that, like Seafile or Nextcloud.
Firstly, you may also be interested in: https://containerssh.io/v0.5/
This is a similar software, but maintained. However, it doesn’t look like you limit networking with the Docker backend, beyond a simple on/off.
An even simpler solution, is to have the the ssh entry command not be the usual shell command (
/bin/bash), but rather a command that starts a shell within a container. So something like:podman run -it --rm -v "-v /HOST-DIR:/CONTAINER-DIR" docker.io/library/debian:bookworm bashwould create a shell inside a short lived debian container (that is deleted upon disconnect) where a host directory is mounted inside the container.As for mysecureshell, I would assume that since it is in the Ubuntu repos, it is still being maintained. But it’s possible, since it is unmaintained that there are unknown security vulnerabilities or other issues, but:
If it’s just for your friends, it may be okay to use a less secure solution if you trust them.
As an alternate solution: since you are looking for some sort of file searching, perhaps you could host an app explicitly designed for that, like Seafile or Nextcloud.