Bug#404296: ITP: sshproxy -- sshproxy is an ssh gateway to apply ACLs on ssh connections

[Vincent Bernat <bernat@luffy.cx>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Vincent Bernat <bernat@luffy.cx>


* Package name    : sshproxy
  Version         : 0.5.1
  Upstream Author : David Guerizec <david@guerizec.net>
* URL             : http://penguin.fr/sshproxy/
* License         : GPLv2
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : sshproxy is an ssh gateway to apply ACLs on ssh connections

sshproxy is a pure python implementation of an ssh proxy.
It allows users to connect to remote sites without having to remember
the password or key of the remote sites.

In fact, this ITP is almost a RFP since the package is ready and on
mentors.debian.net :

It builds these binary packages:
sshproxy   - sshproxy is an ssh gateway to apply ACLs on ssh connections
sshproxy-backend-mysql - sshproxy is an ssh gateway to apply ACLs on ssh connections
sshproxy-client - sshproxy is an ssh gateway to apply ACLs on ssh connections
sshproxy-extra-plugins - sshproxy is an ssh gateway to apply ACLs on ssh connections

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/sshproxy
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free
- dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/sshproxy/sshproxy_0.5.1-1.dsc

However, it depends on paramiko 1.6.4 which is not yet in unstable
(bug #344734). I have packaged it (as an NMU) on mentors.debian.net
too : http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/paramiko

When paramiko 1.6.4 hits unstable, I will ask for a sponsor for
sshproxy. In the meantime, I may use dbconfig-common to configure
MySQL.

There is currently one bug in the package due to a problem in cdbs :
bug #386970. I don't know wthat the correct work around is. This
results in sshproxy not being able to run on install (but this works
on upgrade). The current workaround is to default to not launch
sshproxy on install (a settings in /etc/default/sshproxy).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-amd64
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)