Self installing mosh-server about blink HOT 6 OPEN

Aberrant having a problem, via Discord: https://discord.com/channels/441939332442619905/442378162425298954/1176383501537390672

• From feedback. Some users in high security environments cannot install external binaries on their own. Even doing so by mistake would cause them a lot of trouble. We should have a way to disable the dialog so that installing static-mosh is not offered and can be disabled and only re-enabled through a flag.

• Aarch64 as Arm64 - support on RaspberryPi

• build mosh fails (unknown -O flag)

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Two options were discussed for development:

• Create a pre-flow to install mosh-server through a script directly in the remote.
• Deeper integration through a ssh library.

The first has the advantage that the installation could be faster, but the disadvantage that the remote needs internet access.
The second one was a great fit for Blink as we can already control SSH and SFTP at the library level. The problem is static binaries for some platforms may be very heavy and installation may take a while.

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• Mosh client using Swift.
• Static Mosh bootstrap
  • Enable different mosh bootstrap strategies.
  • Create a Prompt to ask users if they want to go ahead with the remote installation.
• Enable old mosh as mosh2 in case there are issues during testing.
• Mosh Static binaries.
  • Scripts. Most of the work has already been done by the mosh project itself.
  • Git Workflows. https://github.com/blinksh/mosh-static-multiarch/
• Create a Snip as an alternative for installation server-side.

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• Crash logs from TestFlight. Mosh crashing on start. Apparently when it cannot resolve the host but the flow cannot complete. xcode://organizer/crashes/downloadPoint?adamId=1594898306&platformId=iOS&installPlatformId=iOS&analyticsPointId=D5sxsR477Q6kn8glQarB2L&bundleId=sh.blink.blinkshell.

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• Mosh hanging at the end of session https://discord.com/channels/441939332442619905/441940293240225793/1192519720616857620

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• Check #269 for new implementation

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