OpenSSH port to the .Net Platform

[Pomerantz Daniel]

I did search, apparently not very well.  I found three commercial
libraries, but no Free ones.  Interestingly enough, SharpSSH was what I
envisioned calling a project, and it already exists.  Thanks for the
links.  I shall research.

dmp

--- "Douglas E. Engert" <deengert at anl.gov> wrote:

> 
> 
> Pomerantz Daniel wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply,
> > 
> > I'm actually using PuTTY on the computer hosting this eMail right
> now. 
> > PuTTY is fine, but it is a C program.  As far as I can tell, it is
> no
> > more callable from .Net than OpenSSH is already.  I have a need to
> > customize OpenSSH, particularly sftp.  Sometimes I may be wanting
> to
> > send/receive a file directly from code, but other times I need to
> mess
> > with the individual bytes that are being sent or received.  I have
> done
> > that in C, but C# would be much easier for *me* to integrate with
> other
> > projects and debug.
> > 
> > After I wrote the intiial eMail, I thought about the issue some
> more. 
> > I came the the conclusion that porting OpenSSH would likely not be
> too
> > difficult.  No offense to the hard work that the OpenSSH developers
> > have put into the product, but because of how wonderful the code
> is,
> > porting it to C#, making calls more .Net based in stead of C API
> based,
> > creating classes to do the work in stead of procedures would
> probably
> > be quite simple.  The more difficult part (to me at first glance)
> would
> > be to do it in a way that allow future versions of OpenSSH to be
> > integrated in.  I would like to avoid a pure fork, but I'm not sure
> how
> > possible that is.  Any further advice would be appreciated.
> > 
> > dmp
> 
> Did you Google for C# SSH
> There appears to be some some implementations, both comercial
> and open source.
> 
> http://csharp-source.net/open-source/network-clients
> 
> http://www.codeproject.com/cs/internet/sharpssh.asp
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > --- "Douglas E. Engert" <deengert at anl.gov> wrote:
> > 
> >> Any reason you don't start with PuTTY? Its already a Windows
> >> based ssh client. Goolge for PuTTY and for PuTTY gssapi
> >>
> >> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
> >>
> >> http://www.sweb.cz/v_t_m/
> >>
> >>
> >> A C# based program might be interesting, as long as it follows
> >> all the SSH protocols.
> >>
> >>
> >> Pomerantz Daniel wrote:
> >>> I am interested in starting a project to port stable versions of
> >>> OpenSSH to C#, compilable as a stable .Net Library.  I was
> >> wondering
> >>> what the list's feelings would be on such a port, if any one else
> >> would
> >>> be interested in such a port, and for any suggestions on raising
> >>> interest from others to perform such a port.  I have nothing
> >> against
> >>> Java and would welcome a similar effort from that arena.  I am
> >> tempted
> >>> to suggest Java / J# only, but I feel that would alienate many c#
> >>> users.  Any information or advice would be appreciated.  Please
> >> bcc:
> >>> this eMail address in any replies.  Thanks!
> >>>
> >>> dmp
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> >
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