The Secure Shell Chrome Extension is actually quite different than what is being offered here. The Chrome extensions is effectively a SSH client, like PuTTY, in

The Secure Shell Chrome Extension is actually quite different than what is being offered here. The Chrome extensions is effectively a SSH client, like PuTTY, in a browser. You still need a network path to the host. Onion Terminal is a HTTP server that serves a Javascript-powered terminal connected to the box through HTTP in your browser. The benefit of the latter is you can get a shell on your box behind a restrictive firewall where only HTTP(S) traffic is allowed.