Free vshell ssh2 software for linux

libssh2 library implements the SSH2 protocol as defined by Internet Drafts: SECSH-TRANS, SECSH-USERAUTH, SECSH-CONNECTION, SECSH-ARCH, SECSH-FILEXFER, SECSH-DHGEX, SECSH-NUMBERS, and SECSH-PUBLICKEY.
Main features:
- Key Exchange Methods: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1, diffie-hellman-group14-sha1, diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1**
- Hostkey Types: ssh-rsa, ssh-dss
- Ciphers: aes256-cbc (rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se), aes192-cbc, aes128-cbc, 3des-cbc, blowfish-cbc, cast128-cbc, arcfour, none**
- Compression Schemes: zlib, none
- MAC hashes: hmac-sha1, hmac-sha1-96, hmac-md5, hmac-md5-96, hmac-ripemd160 (hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com), none**
- ** - Affected by build time ./configure options. See INSTALL file for more information.
- Authentication: none, password, public-key, hostbased, keyboard-interactive
- Channels: shell, exec (incl. SCP wrapper), direct-tcpip, subsystem
- Global Requests: tcpip-forward
- Channel Requests: x11, pty
- Subsystems: sftp(version 3), publickey(version 2)
Enhancements:
- A bunch of bugs were fixed, new public defines for version/major/minor/patch numbers were introduced, and the old APINO define was removed.

J2SSH provides a fully-featured Java SSH version 2 API implementation.
J2SSH is an object-orientated Java implementation of the SSH version 2 protocol. It provides a rich, powerful, and extensible SSH API that enables developers to gain access to SSH servers and to develop entire SSH client/server frameworks.
The API library provides a fully-featured SSH2 implementation specifically designed for cross-platform development. Higher level components, representing both the standard SSH client and SSH servers, are provided which implement the protocol specification for user sessions and port forwarding.
The specification currently supports public key and password authentication and a full implementation of the SFTP protocol.
Enhancements:
- This release fixes several bugs which have been pending for years.
- These include character encoding problems in sftp and problems with the rekeying code.
- This release is also the first modified release which is only available under the GPL.

Portable OpenSSH is a Unix/Linux port of OpenBSDs excellent OpenSSH, a full implementation of the SSH1 and SSH2 protocols. Portable OpenSSH includes sftp client and server support.
OpenSSH is a FREE version of the SSH protocol suite of network connectivity tools that increasing numbers of people on the Internet are coming to rely on. Many users of telnet, rlogin, ftp, and other such programs might not realize that their password is transmitted across the Internet unencrypted, but it is.
OpenSSH encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other network-level attacks. Additionally, OpenSSH provides a myriad of secure tunneling capabilities, as well as a variety of authentication methods.
The OpenSSH suite includes the ssh program which replaces rlogin and telnet, scp which replaces rcp, and sftp which replaces ftp. Also included is sshd which is the server side of the package, and the other basic utilities like ssh-add, ssh-agent, ssh-keysign, ssh-keyscan, ssh-keygen and sftp-server. OpenSSH supports SSH protocol versions 1.3, 1.5, and 2.0.
Main features:
- Open Source Project
- Free Licensing
- Strong Encryption (3DES, Blowfish, AES, Arcfour)
- X11 Forwarding (encrypt X Window System traffic)
- Port Forwarding (encrypted channels for legacy protocols)
- Strong Authentication (Public Key, One-Time Password and Kerberos Authentication)
- Agent Forwarding (Single-Sign-On)
- Interoperability (Compliance with SSH 1.3, 1.5, and 2.0 protocol Standards)
- SFTP client and server support in both SSH1 and SSH2 protocols.
- Kerberos and AFS Ticket Passing
- Data Compression

JSch is a pure Java implementation of SSH2.
JSch project allows the user to connect to an sshd server and use port forwarding, X11 forwarding, file transfer, etc., and you can integrate its functionality into your own Java programs. JSch is licensed under BSD style license.
Our intension in developing this stuff is to enable users of our pure java X servers, WiredX and WeirdX, to enjoy secure X sessions. Our efforts have mostly targeted the SSH2 protocol in relation to X window system and X11 forwarding. Of course, we are also interested in adding other functionality - port forward, file transfer, terminal emulation, etc.
Needless to say, SSH provides support for secure remote login, secure file transfer, and secure TCP/IP and X11 forwarding. It can automatically encrypt, authenticate, and compress transmitted data.
The SSH protocol is available in two incompatible varieties: SSH1 and SSH2. SSH2 was invented to avoid the patent issues regarding RSA (RSA patent has expired), and to fix some data integrity problem that SSH1 has, and for a number of other technical reasons.
SSH2 protocol has been standardized on IETF Secure Shell working group and drafts related to SSH2 protocol are available on the web. In developing JSch, we are now referring to following documents:
SSH Protocol Architecture
SSH Transport Layer Protocol
Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange for the SSH Transport Layer Protocol
SSH Connection Protocol
SSH Authentication Protocol
Main features:
- JSch is in pure Java, but it depends on JavaTM Cryptography Extension (JCE). JSch is know to work with:
- J2SE 1.4.0 or later (no additional libraries required).
- J2SE 1.3 and Suns JCE reference implementation that can be obtained at http://java.sun.com/products/jce/.
- J2SE 1.2.2 and later and Bouncycastles JCE implementation that can be obtained at http://www.bouncycastle.org/.
- SSH2 protocol support.
- Key exchange: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1, diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
- Cipher: blowfish-cbc, 3des-cbc, aes128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbcnew!
- MAC: hmac-md5, hmac-sha1, hmac-md5-96, hmac-sha1-96
- Host key type: ssh-dss,ssh-rsa
- Userauth: password
- Userauth: publickey(DSA,RSA)
- Userauth: keyboard-interactive
- X11 forwarding
- xauth spoofing
- connection through HTTP proxy.
- connection through SOCKS5 proxy.
- port forwarding.
- stream forwarding.
- signal sending. The unofficial patch for sshd of openssh will be found in this thread.
- remote exec.
- generating DSA and RSA key pairs.
- changing the passphrase for a private key.
- partial authentication
- SSH File Transfer Protocol(version 0, 1, 2, 3)
- packet compression. JZlib has been used.
- JSch is licensed under BSD style license.
Enhancements:
- bugfix: freeze in diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1. FIXED. By the default, diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 will be used and if you have not chosen diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1 explicitly, you dont have to worry about it.
- bugfix: there should be timeout mechanism in opening a socket for remote port forwarding. FIXED. At the failure or timeout, SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN_FAILURE will be sent to sshd.
- bugfix: there should be timeout mechanism in opening a socket for X11 forwarding. FIXED. At the failure or timeout, SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN_FAILURE will be sent to sshd.

Ssh library was designed to be used by programmers needing a working SSH implementation by the mean of a library. Runs only on x86 linux, bsd and MacOS X.
libssh is a C library to access SSH 2 services from a program. It can remotely execute programs, transfer files, and serve as a secure and transparent tunnel for remote programs. Its Secure FTP implementation can play with remote files easily, without third-party programs others than libcrypto (from OpenSSL).
Main features:
- Full C library functions for manipulating a client-side SSH connection
- Lesser GPL licensing -SSH2 protocol compliant
- Fully configurable sessions
- Support for AES-128,AES-192,AES-256,blowfish, in cbc mode
- Use multiple SSH connections in a same process, at same time
- Use multiple channels in the same connection
- Thread safety when using different sessions at same time
- Basic but correct SFTP implementation (secure file transfer)
- RSA and DSS server public key supported
- Compression support (with zlib)
- Public key (RSA and DSS), password and keyboard-interactive authentication
- A complete documentation about its API
- Runs and tested under amd64, x86, arm, sparc32, ppc under Linux, Bsd, MacosX and Solaris
- A developer listening to you
Enhancements:
- Connection timeout support
- Keyboard-interactive authentication (used by Pam with SSH)
- Server public keys management
- 64 bits cpu support
- Enhanced documentation
- and of course a huge number of bugfixe

JCTerm is an SSH2 terminal emulator written in pure Java. The project supports port forwarding, X11 forwarding, etc.
Enhancements:
- JCTerm requires jsch(http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/) 0.1.0 or later.
- JCTerm requires J2SE 1.4.
- JCTermMIDP runs on J2ME/CLDC/MIDP2.0
- JCTermJ2MECDC runs on J2ME/CDC/PP 1.0
- VT100 emulation
- SSH2 protocol support.
- X11 forwarding.
- connection through HTTP proxy.
- connection through SOCKS5 proxy.
- local/remote port forwarding.
- anti-aliasing text.
- sftp support.
- packet compression support
- JCTerm is licensed under GNU LGPL.