Why don't you want to use libssh? Maintaining a custom implementation of SSh adds lots of complexity to your plain GUI task. -- niklas On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 09:43 -0800, Salvador Fandino wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: "guy@xxxxxxxxx" <guy@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: secureshell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Sat, January 15, 2011 9:19:15 PM > > Subject: simulate connection with netcat > > > > Hello, > > > > my long-term intention is to write a cross-platform GUI-authpf-client > > without using libssh or libssh2. Before I get into that I'd like to simulate > > the ssh-connection/authentication via netcat. > > I took a look at the RFCs but don't get it working. > > > > % nc 127.0.0.1 22 > > SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.2 > > SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.2 <-- entered by me > > ... a lot of text ... > > > > What do I enter now to authenticate? > > My attempts resulted in "Packet corrupt". > > SSH uses a binary protocol. Getting authenticated is far more complex than > writting something at your keyboard by hand. > > You can find pointers to the related RFCs here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell > > - Salva
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