SSH Client

Secure Shell Client Library (SSH.NET) allows to connect to and control remote computers via secure channel using simple scripting language.

Features:

Execution of SSH command using both synchronous and asynchronous methods
Return command execution exit status and other information
Provide SFTP functionality for both synchronous and asynchronous operations.
Provides SCP functionality.
Provide status report for upload and download sftp operations to allow accurate progress bar implementation
Remote, dynamic and local port forwarding
Shell/Terminal implementation.
Specify key file pass phrase
Use multiple key files to authenticate
Supports diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256, diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1, diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 and diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 key exchange methods.
Supports 3des-cbc, aes128-cbc, aes192-cbc, aes256-cbc, aes128-ctr, aes192-ctr, aes256-ctr, blowfish-cbc, cast128-cbc, arcfour and twofish encryptions.
Supports hmac-md5, hmac-sha1, hmac-ripemd160, hmac-sha2-256, hmac-sha2-256-96, hmac-md5-96 and hmac-sha1-96 hashing algorithms.
Supports publickey, password and keyboard-interactive authentication methods
Supports RSA and DSA private key
Supports DES-EDE3-CBC, DES-EDE3-CFB, DES-CBC, AES-128-CBC, AES-192-CBC and AES-256-CBC algorithms for private key encryption.
Supports two-factor or higher authentication
Supports SOCKS4, SOCKS5 and HTTP Proxy

Examples:

To read help on registered with PowerShell functions, type:

>get-help *ssh*

To register a new SSH session to remote SSH-compatible host, type:

> New-SshSession [hostname] [username]

To invoke a SSH command ls on a target host having opened session, type:

> Invoke-Ssh Command [hostname] –Command 'ls'

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