SSHAuth Class
Properties Methods Events Configuration Settings Errors
The SSHAuth component provides a simple way to authenticate a user against a SSH server.
Syntax
ipworksauth.sshauth()
Remarks
The SSHAuth class offers a simply way to authenticate a user against a SSH server.
To begin specify the SSHHost, User, and Password. Next call Authenticate to authenticate the user.
The class supports multiple authentication methods including public key authentication, keyboard interactive authentication, password authentication, and more. Set AuthMode to the desired authentication mechanism before calling Authenticate.
Property List
The following is the full list of the properties of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| AuthMode | The authentication method to be used the component when calling Authenticate . |
| FirewallAutoDetect | This property tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
| FirewallType | This property determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
| FirewallHost | This property contains the name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
| FirewallPassword | This property contains a password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
| FirewallPort | This property contains the TCP port for the firewall Host . |
| FirewallUser | This property contains a user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
| LocalHost | The name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
| LocalPort | The TCP port in the local host where IPPort binds. |
| Password | The password for SSH password-based authentication. |
| SSHAcceptServerHostKeyEncoded | The certificate (PEM/base64 encoded). |
| SSHCertEncoded | The certificate (PEM/base64 encoded). |
| SSHCertStore | The name of the certificate store for the client certificate. |
| SSHCertStorePassword | If the certificate store is of a type that requires a password, this property is used to specify that password in order to open the certificate store. |
| SSHCertStoreType | The type of certificate store for this certificate. |
| SSHCertSubject | The subject of the certificate used for client authentication. |
| SSHEncryptionAlgorithms | A comma-separated list containing all allowable compression algorithms. |
| SSHHost | The address of the SSH host. |
| SSHPort | The port on the SSH server where the SSH service is running; by default, 22. |
| Timeout | A timeout for the component. |
| User | The username for SSH authentication. |
Method List
The following is the full list of the methods of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| Authenticate | Authenticates the user. |
| Config | Sets or retrieves a configuration setting . |
| DoEvents | Processes events from the internal message queue. |
| Interrupt | Interrupt the current method. |
| Reset | Resets the component. |
Event List
The following is the full list of the events fired by the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| Connected | Fired immediately after a connection completes (or fails). |
| ConnectionStatus | Fired to indicate changes in connection state. |
| Disconnected | Fired when a connection is closed. |
| Error | Information about errors during data delivery. |
| SSHCustomAuth | Fired when the component is doing custom authentication. |
| SSHKeyboardInteractive | Fired when the component receives a request for user input from the server. |
| SSHServerAuthentication | Fired after the server presents its public key to the client. |
| SSHStatus | Shows the progress of the secure connection. |
Configuration Settings
The following is a list of configuration settings for the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| SSHCompressionAlgorithms | A comma-separated list containing all allowable compression algorithms. |
| ClientSSHVersionString | The SSH version string used by the component. |
| SignedSSHCert | The CA signed client public key used when authenticating. |
| SSHAcceptServerCAKey | The CA public key that signed the server's host key. |
| SSHAcceptAnyServerHostKey | If set the component will accept any key presented by the server. |
| SSHAcceptServerHostKeyFingerPrint | The fingerprint of the server key to accept. |
| SSHKeyExchangeAlgorithms | Specifies the supported key exchange algorithms. |
| SSHMacAlgorithms | Specifies the supported Mac algorithms. |
| SSHKeyRenegotiate | Causes the component to renegotiate the SSH keys. |
| KeyRenegotiationThreshold | Sets the threshold for the SSH Key Renegotiation. |
| KerberosRealm | The fully qualified domain name of the Kerberos Realm to use for GSSAPI authentication. |
| KerberosDelegation | If true, asks for credentials with delegation enabled during authentication. |
| KerberosSPN | The Kerberos Service Principal Name of the SSH host. |
| LogSSHPackets | If true, detailed SSH packet logging is performed. |
| MaxPacketSize | The maximum packet size of the channel, in bytes. |
| MaxWindowSize | The maximum window size allowed for the channel, in bytes. |
| PreferredDHGroupBits | The size (in bits) of the preferred modulus (p) to request from the server. |
| ConnectionTimeout | Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection. |
| FirewallAutoDetect | Tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
| FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
| FirewallPassword | Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The TCP port for the FirewallHost;. |
| FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
| FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
| KeepAliveTime | The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent. |
| KeepAliveInterval | The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received. |
| Linger | When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully. |
| LingerTime | Time in seconds to have the connection linger. |
| LocalHost | The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
| LocalPort | The TCP port in the local host where the component binds. |
| MaxLineLength | The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found. |
| MaxTransferRate | The transfer rate limit in bytes per second. |
| RecordLength | The length of received data records. |
| TCPKeepAlive | Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled. |
| UseIPv6 | Whether to use IPv6. |
| TcpNoDelay | Whether or not to delay when sending packets. |
| ReuseSSLSession | Determines if the SSL session is reused. |
| SSLCipherStrength | The minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption. |
| SSLEnabledProtocols | Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols. |
| SSLProvider | The name of the security provider to use. |
| SSLSecurityFlags | Flags that control certificate verification. |
| OpenSSLCADir | The path to a directory containing CA certificates. |
| OpenSSLCAFile | Name of the file containing the list of CA's trusted by your application. |
| OpenSSLCipherList | A string that controls the ciphers to be used by SSL. |
| OpenSSLPrngSeedData | The data to seed the pseudo random number generator (PRNG). |
| AbsoluteTimeout | Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts. |
| FirewallData | Used to send extra data to the firewall. |
| InBufferSize | The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket. |
| OutBufferSize | The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket. |
| CodePage | The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations. |