NAME

       mosh-client - client-side helper for mosh

SYNOPSIS

       MOSH_KEY=KEY mosh-client [-v] IP PORT
       mosh-client -c

DESCRIPTION

       mosh-client is a helper program for the mosh(1) remote terminal application.

       mosh  itself  is  a  setup script that establishes an SSH connection, runs the server-side
       helper mosh-server, and collects the server's port number and session key.

       mosh then executes mosh-client with the server's IP address, port, and session key.  mosh-
       client runs for the lifetime of the connection.

       The  22-byte  base64  session  key  given  by  mosh-server  is  supplied  in  the MOSH_KEY
       environment variable. This represents a 128-bit AES key that protects  the  integrity  and
       confidentiality of the session.

       For constructing new setup wrappers for remote execution facilities other than SSH, it may
       be necessary to invoke mosh-client directly.

       With the -c option, mosh-client instead prints the number of colors of the terminal  given
       by the TERM environment variable.

       The  -v option will print some debugging information on standard error.  More instances of
       this flag will result in more debugging information.  If standard error is not  redirected
       from the terminal, the display will be corrupted and quickly become unusable.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       MOSH_KEY
              This variable must be set, and must contain a Base64-encoded cryptographic key from
              mosh-server(1).

       MOSH_ESCAPE_KEY
              See mosh(1).

       MOSH_PREDICTION_DISPLAY
              Controls local echo as described in mosh(1).

       MOSH_PREDICTION_OVERWRITE
              Controls local echo insert/overwrite as described in mosh(1).

       MOSH_TITLE_NOPREFIX
              See mosh(1).

SEE ALSO

       mosh(1), mosh-server(1).

       Project home page: https://mosh.org

AUTHOR

       mosh was written by Keith Winstein <mosh-devel@mit.edu>.

BUGS

       Please  report  bugs  to  mosh-devel@mit.edu.  Users  may  also  subscribe  to  the  mosh-
       users@mit.edu mailing list, at
       http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/mosh-users

                                          February 2012                                   MOSH(1)