SCP Control
Properties Methods Events Config Settings Errors
The SCP control can be used to transfer files to and from SSH servers using the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP).
Syntax
SCP
Remarks
The SCP control is the SSH-enabled equivalent of the IPWorks RCP control. The SSHHost and SSHPort properties specify the SSH server to use. The SSHUser and SSHPassword properties allow the client to authenticate itself with the server. The SSHServerAuthentication event and/or SSHAcceptServerHostKey property allow you to check the server identity. Finally, the SSHStatus event provides information about the SSH handshake.
The SCP control implements a standard SCP File Transfer client.
The first step in using the control is specifying the SSHHost, SSHUser and SSHPassword. The file to upload to or download from is given by the RemoteFile property. The file to download to or upload from is specified by LocalFile.
If LocalFile is set to something other than an empty string, then files are received in LocalFile, otherwise the data is received through the Transfer event. StartTransfer and EndTransfer are fired at the beginning and end of transmission.
Property List
The following is the full list of the properties of the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
Connected | This shows whether the control is connected. |
FilePermissions | The file permissions for the RemoteFile . |
FirewallAutoDetect | This property tells the control 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 transmission control protocol (TCP) port for the firewall Host . |
FirewallUser | This property contains a user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
LocalFile | The path to a local file for upload/download. |
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 the control binds. |
Overwrite | Whether or not the control should overwrite files during transfer. |
RemoteFile | The name of the remote file for uploading, downloading, etc. |
RemotePath | The remote path on the server. |
SSHAcceptServerHostKeyEncoded | This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). |
SSHAuthMode | The authentication method to be used the control when calling SSHLogon . |
SSHCertEncoded | This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). |
SSHCertStore | This is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate. |
SSHCertStorePassword | If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store. |
SSHCertStoreType | This is the type of certificate store for this certificate. |
SSHCertSubject | This is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication. |
SSHCompressionAlgorithms | A comma-separated list containing all allowable compression algorithms. |
SSHEncryptionAlgorithms | A comma-separated list containing all allowable encryption algorithms. |
SSHHost | The address of the SSH host. |
SSHPassword | The password for SSH password-based authentication. |
SSHPort | The port on the SSH server where the SSH service is running; by default, 22. |
SSHUser | The username for SSH authentication. |
Timeout | A timeout for the control. |
Method List
The following is the full list of the methods of the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
Config | Sets or retrieves a configuration setting. |
DecodePacket | Decodes a hex-encoded SSH packet. |
DoEvents | Processes events from the internal message queue. |
Download | Download a RemoteFile from an SCP server. |
EncodePacket | Hex encodes an SSH packet. |
GetSSHParam | Used to read a field from an SSH packet's payload. |
GetSSHParamBytes | Used to read a field from an SSH packet's payload. |
Interrupt | Interrupt the current method. |
Reset | Reset the control. |
SetSSHParam | Used to write a field to the end of a payload. |
SSHLogoff | Logoff from the SSH server. |
SSHLogon | Logon to the SSHHost using the current SSHUser and SSHPassword . |
Upload | Upload a file specified by LocalFile to an SCP server. |
Event List
The following is the full list of the events fired by the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
Connected | This event is fired immediately after a connection completes (or fails). |
ConnectionStatus | This event is fired to indicate changes in the connection state. |
Disconnected | This event is fired when a connection is closed. |
EndTransfer | Fired when a file completes downloading/uploading. |
Error | Information about errors during data delivery. |
Log | Fires once for each log message. |
SSHCustomAuth | Fired when the control is doing custom authentication. |
SSHKeyboardInteractive | Fired when the control 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. |
StartTransfer | Fired when a file starts downloading/uploading. |
Transfer | Fired during file download/upload. |
Config Settings
The following is a list of config settings for the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
DirectoryPermissions | The permissions of folders created on the remote host. |
LastAccessedTime | The last accessed time of the remote file. |
LastModifiedTime | The last modified time of the remote file. |
PreserveFileTime | Preserves the file's modified time during transfer. |
RecursiveMode | If set to true the control will recursively upload or download files. |
ServerResponseWindow | The time to wait for a server response in milliseconds. |
ChannelDataEOL[ChannelId] | Used to break the incoming data stream into chunks. |
ChannelDataEOLFound[ChannelId] | Determines if ChannelDataEOL was found. |
ClientSSHVersionString | The SSH version string used by the control. |
EnablePageantAuth | Whether to use a key stored in Pageant to perform client authentication. |
KerberosDelegation | If true, asks for credentials with delegation enabled during authentication. |
KerberosRealm | The fully qualified domain name of the Kerberos Realm to use for GSSAPI authentication. |
KerberosSPN | The Kerberos Service Principal Name of the SSH host. |
KeyRenegotiationThreshold | Sets the threshold for the SSH Key Renegotiation. |
LogLevel | Specifies the level of detail that is logged. |
MaxChannelDataLength[ChannelId] | The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no ChannelDataEOL is found. |
MaxPacketSize | The maximum packet size of the channel, in bytes. |
MaxWindowSize | The maximum window size allowed for the channel, in bytes. |
NegotiatedStrictKex | Returns whether strict key exchange was negotiated to be used. |
PasswordPrompt | The text of the password prompt used in keyboard-interactive authentication. |
PreferredDHGroupBits | The size (in bits) of the preferred modulus (p) to request from the server. |
RecordLength | The length of received data records. |
ServerSSHVersionString | The remote host's SSH version string. |
SignedSSHCert | The CA signed client public key used when authenticating. |
SSHAcceptAnyServerHostKey | If set the control will accept any key presented by the server. |
SSHAcceptServerCAKey | The CA public key that signed the server's host key. |
SSHAcceptServerHostKeyFingerPrint | The fingerprint of the server key to accept. |
SSHFingerprintHashAlgorithm | The algorithm used to calculate the fingerprint. |
SSHFingerprintMD5 | The server hostkey's MD5 fingerprint. |
SSHFingerprintSHA1 | The server hostkey's SHA1 fingerprint. |
SSHFingerprintSHA256 | The server hostkey's SHA256 fingerprint. |
SSHKeepAliveCountMax | The maximum number of keep alive packets to send without a response. |
SSHKeepAliveInterval | The interval between keep alive packets. |
SSHKeyExchangeAlgorithms | Specifies the supported key exchange algorithms. |
SSHKeyRenegotiate | Causes the control to renegotiate the SSH keys. |
SSHMacAlgorithms | Specifies the supported Mac algorithms. |
SSHPubKeyAuthSigAlgorithms | Specifies the enabled signature algorithms that may be used when attempting public key authentication. |
SSHPublicKeyAlgorithms | Specifies the supported public key algorithms for the server's public key. |
SSHVersionPattern | The pattern used to match the remote host's version string. |
TryAllAvailableAuthMethods | If set to true, the control will try all available authentication methods. |
UseStrictKeyExchange | Specifies how strict key exchange is supported. |
WaitForChannelClose | Whether to wait for channels to be closed before disconnected. |
WaitForServerDisconnect | Whether to wait for the server to close the connection. |
ConnectionTimeout | Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection. |
FirewallAutoDetect | Tells the control 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. |
KeepAliveInterval | The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received. |
KeepAliveTime | The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent. |
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 port in the local host where the control binds. |
MaxLineLength | The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found. |
MaxTransferRate | The transfer rate limit in bytes per second. |
ProxyExceptionsList | A semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy. |
TCPKeepAlive | Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled. |
TcpNoDelay | Whether or not to delay when sending packets. |
UseIPv6 | Whether to use IPv6. |
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. |
MaskSensitive | Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages. |
UseInternalSecurityAPI | Whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation. |
Connected Property (SCP Control)
This shows whether the control is connected.
Syntax
scpcontrol.Connected[=boolean]
Default Value
False
Remarks
This property is used to determine whether or not the control is connected to the remote host.
Note: It is recommended to use the Connect or Disconnect method instead of setting this property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
Boolean
FilePermissions Property (SCP Control)
The file permissions for the RemoteFile .
Syntax
scpcontrol.FilePermissions[=string]
Default Value
"0600"
Remarks
This property defines the permissions that will be assigned to the RemoteFile after an upload. The value is a four digit octal value. This is the same format that is used with the Unix chmod command. The default value of "0600" gives read/write permissions to the file's owner.
The last three octal digits are the most significant and represent, in order, the file access capabilities of the file's owner, the owner's group and other users. Each of these octal digits is, on its own, a 3-bit bitmask with the following possible values:
1 (001) | Execute |
2 (010) | Write |
4 (100) | Read |
An octal permission digit of 7 would have all three values set and would mean that the file can be read, written and executed by that user class. For example, the octal permissions "100644" would have a value "6" for the owner, "4" for the group, and "4" for other users. This would be interpreted to mean that all users can read the file, no users can execute it and only the owner can write it. The permissions "40755" would mean that all users can read and execute the file, but only the owner can write it.
The previous octal digit is another bitmask with the following values:
1 (001) | Sticky Bit - retain the file in memory for performance |
2 (010) | Set GID - sets the group ID of the process to the file's group ID upon execution (only for executable files) |
4 (100) | Set UID - sets the user ID of the process to the file's user ID upon execution (only for executable files) |
Note: Not all servers support setting permissions after an upload.
Data Type
String
FirewallAutoDetect Property (SCP Control)
This property tells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
Syntax
scpcontrol.FirewallAutoDetect[=boolean]
Default Value
False
Remarks
This property tells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
Data Type
Boolean
FirewallType Property (SCP Control)
This property determines the type of firewall to connect through.
Syntax
scpcontrol.FirewallType[=integer]
Possible Values
fwNone(0), fwTunnel(1), fwSOCKS4(2), fwSOCKS5(3), fwSOCKS4A(10)
Default Value
0
Remarks
This property determines the type of firewall to connect through. The applicable values are as follows:
fwNone (0) | No firewall (default setting). |
fwTunnel (1) | Connect through a tunneling proxy. FirewallPort is set to 80. |
fwSOCKS4 (2) | Connect through a SOCKS4 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
fwSOCKS5 (3) | Connect through a SOCKS5 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
fwSOCKS4A (10) | Connect through a SOCKS4A Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
Data Type
Integer
FirewallHost Property (SCP Control)
This property contains the name or IP address of firewall (optional).
Syntax
scpcontrol.FirewallHost[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property contains the name or IP address of firewall (optional). If a FirewallHost is given, the requested connections will be authenticated through the specified firewall when connecting.
If this property is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, this property is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, the control fails with an error.
Data Type
String
FirewallPassword Property (SCP Control)
This property contains a password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.
Syntax
scpcontrol.FirewallPassword[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property contains a password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. If FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword properties are used to connect and authenticate to the given firewall. If the authentication fails, the control fails with an error.
Data Type
String
FirewallPort Property (SCP Control)
This property contains the transmission control protocol (TCP) port for the firewall Host .
Syntax
scpcontrol.FirewallPort[=integer]
Default Value
0
Remarks
This property contains the transmission control protocol (TCP) port for the firewall FirewallHost. See the description of the FirewallHost property for details.
Note: This property is set automatically when FirewallType is set to a valid value. See the description of the FirewallType property for details.
Data Type
Integer
FirewallUser Property (SCP Control)
This property contains a user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.
Syntax
scpcontrol.FirewallUser[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property contains a user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. If the FirewallHost is specified, this property and FirewallPassword properties are used to connect and authenticate to the given Firewall. If the authentication fails, the control fails with an error.
Data Type
String
LocalFile Property (SCP Control)
The path to a local file for upload/download.
Syntax
scpcontrol.LocalFile[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
The LocalFile property is used by the Upload and Download methods. The file will only be overwritten if the Overwrite property is set to True.
Example (Setting LocalFile)
SCPControl.Localfile = "C:\localfile.txt"
SCPControl.RemoteFile = "remotefile.txt"
SCPControl.Download()
SCPControl.Localfile = "C:\localfile2.txt"
SCPControl.RemoteFile = "folder/remotefile2.txt"
SCPControl.Upload()
Multiple file uploads and downloads are supported through the use of filemasks.
To upload files matching a filemask set LocalFile to a local path including a filemask. Set RemotePath to the directory on the server where the files will be uploaded. In this case RemoteFile is ignored. All matching files will be upload when Upload is called. The StartTransfer, Transfer, and EndTransfer events provide details about the individual file transfers.
To download files matching a filemask set RemoteFile to a filemask. The path may be specified as part of the value in RemoteFile or may be set separately in RemotePath. LocalFile should be set to a local directory where files will be downloaded. When Download is called all matching files are downloaded. The StartTransfer, Transfer, and EndTransfer events provide details about the individual file transfers. In the event an individual file fails to transfer the Error event will fire.
Data Type
String
LocalHost Property (SCP Control)
The name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted.
Syntax
scpcontrol.LocalHost[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
The LocalHost property contains the name of the local host as obtained by the gethostname() system call, or if the user has assigned an IP address, the value of that address.
In multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface) setting LocalHost to the value of an interface will make the control initiate connections (or accept in the case of server controls) only through that interface.
If the control is connected, the LocalHost property shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).
NOTE: LocalHost is not persistent. You must always set it in code, and never in the property window.
The LocalHost property contains the name of the local host as obtained by the gethostname() system call, or if the user has assigned an IP address, the value of that address.
In multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface) setting LocalHost to the value of an interface will make the control initiate connections (or accept in the case of server controls) only through that interface.
If the control is connected, the LocalHost property shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).
NOTE: LocalHost is not persistent. You must always set it in code, and never in the property window.
Data Type
String
LocalPort Property (SCP Control)
The TCP port in the local host where the control binds.
Syntax
scpcontrol.LocalPort[=integer]
Default Value
0
Remarks
This property must be set before a connection is attempted. It instructs the control to bind to a specific port (or communication endpoint) in the local machine.
Setting this property to 0 (default) enables the system to choose an open port at random. The chosen port will be returned by the LocalPort property after the connection is established.
LocalPort cannot be changed once a connection is made. Any attempt to set this property when a connection is active will generate an error.
This property is useful when trying to connect to services that require a trusted port in the client side.
Data Type
Integer
Overwrite Property (SCP Control)
Whether or not the control should overwrite files during transfer.
Syntax
scpcontrol.Overwrite[=boolean]
Default Value
False
Remarks
This property is a value indicating whether or not the control should overwrite LocalFile when downloading. If Overwrite is false, an error will be thrown whenever LocalFile exists before a download operation.
Data Type
Boolean
RemoteFile Property (SCP Control)
The name of the remote file for uploading, downloading, etc.
Syntax
scpcontrol.RemoteFile[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
The RemoteFile is either an absolute file path, or a relative path based on the server current directory.
A number of methods use RemoteFile as an argument.
Example (Setting RemoteFile)
SCPControl.Localfile = "C:\localfile.txt"
SCPControl.RemoteFile = "remotefile.txt"
SCPControl.Download()
SCPControl.Localfile = "C:\localfile2.txt"
SCPControl.RemoteFile = "folder/remotefile2.txt"
SCPControl.Upload()
The remote path may be specified as part of value supplied here, or separately in RemotePath.
Multiple file uploads and downloads are supported through the use of filemasks.
To upload files matching a filemask set LocalFile to a local path including a filemask. Set RemotePath to the directory on the server where the files will be uploaded. In this case RemoteFile is ignored. All matching files will be upload when Upload is called. The StartTransfer, Transfer, and EndTransfer events provide details about the individual file transfers.
To download files matching a filemask set RemoteFile to a filemask. The path may be specified as part of the value in RemoteFile or may be set separately in RemotePath. LocalFile should be set to a local directory where files will be downloaded. When Download is called all matching files are downloaded. The StartTransfer, Transfer, and EndTransfer events provide details about the individual file transfers. In the event an individual file fails to transfer the Error event will fire.
Data Type
String
RemotePath Property (SCP Control)
The remote path on the server.
Syntax
scpcontrol.RemotePath[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
The RemotePath is either an absolute file path, or a relative path based on the server current directory.
This property specifies the remote path on the server when uploading or downloading.
This is required when using a filemask to upload multiple files.
In all other cases it is optional and path information may instead be specified in RemoteFile. If this is set, it is combined with RemoteFile to form a complete path to the file.
Multiple file uploads and downloads are supported through the use of filemasks.
To upload files matching a filemask set LocalFile to a local path including a filemask. Set RemotePath to the directory on the server where the files will be uploaded. In this case RemoteFile is ignored. All matching files will be upload when Upload is called. The StartTransfer, Transfer, and EndTransfer events provide details about the individual file transfers.
To download files matching a filemask set RemoteFile to a filemask. The path may be specified as part of the value in RemoteFile or may be set separately in RemotePath. LocalFile should be set to a local directory where files will be downloaded. When Download is called all matching files are downloaded. The StartTransfer, Transfer, and EndTransfer events provide details about the individual file transfers. In the event an individual file fails to transfer the Error event will fire.
Data Type
String
SSHAcceptServerHostKeyEncoded Property (SCP Control)
This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHAcceptServerHostKeyEncoded[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SSHAcceptServerHostKeyStore and SSHAcceptServerHostKeySubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.
When SSHAcceptServerHostKeyEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SSHAcceptServerHostKeyStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SSHAcceptServerHostKeySubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SSHAcceptServerHostKeySubject is set to an empty string.
To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSHAcceptServerHostKeyEncodedB.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
Binary String
SSHAuthMode Property (SCP Control)
The authentication method to be used the control when calling SSHLogon .
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHAuthMode[=integer]
Possible Values
amNone(0), amMultiFactor(1), amPassword(2), amPublicKey(3), amKeyboardInteractive(4), amGSSAPIWithMic(5), amCustom(6), amGSSAPIKeyex(7)
Default Value
2
Remarks
The SSH Authentication specification (RFC 4252) specifies multiple methods by which a user can be authenticated by an SSH server. When a call is made to SSHLogon, the control will connect to the SSH server and establish the security layer. After the connection has been secured, the client will send an authentication request to the SSHHost containing the SSHUser. The server will respond containing a list of methods by which that user may be authenticated.
The control will attempt to authenticate the user by one of those methods based on the value of SSHAuthMode and other property values supplied by the user. Currently, the control supports the following authentication methods:
amNone (0) | No authentication will be performed. The current SSHUser value is ignored, and the connection will be logged in as anonymous. |
amMultiFactor (1) | This allows the control to attempt a multi-step authentication process. The control will send authentication data to the server based on the list of methods allowed for the current user and the authentication property values supplied. The control will continue to send authentication data until the server acknowledges authentication success. If the server rejects an authentication step, the control fails with an error. |
amPassword (2) | The control will use the values of SSHUser and SSHPassword to authenticate the user. |
amPublicKey (3) | The control will use the values of SSHUser and the SSHCert* properties to authenticate the user. the SSHCert* properties must have a private key available for this authentication method to succeed. |
amKeyboardInteractive (4) | At the time of authentication, the control will fire the SSHKeyboardInteractive event containing instructions on how to complete the authentication step. (NOTE: amKeyboardInteractive is not supported in SSHTunnel). |
amGSSAPIWithMic (5) | This allows the control to attempt Kerberos authentication using the GSSAPI-WITH-MIC scheme. The client will try Kerberos authentication using the value of SSHUser (single sign-on), or if SSHPassword is specified as well, it will try Kerberos authentication with alternate credentials. This is currently supported only on Windows, unless using the Java edition, which also provides support for Linux and macOS. |
amCustom (6) | This allows the control caller to take over the authentication process completely. When amCustom is set, the control will fire the SSHCustomAuth event as necessary to complete the authentication process. |
amGSSAPIKeyex (7) | This allows the control to attempt Kerberos authentication using the GSSAPIKeyex scheme. The client will try Kerberos authentication using the value of SSHUser (single sign-on), or if SSHPassword is specified as well, it will try Kerberos authentication with alternate credentials. This is currently supported only on Windows, unless using the Java edition, which also provides support for Linux and macOS. |
Example (User/Password Auth):
Control.SSHAuthMode = SftpSSHAuthModes.amPassword
Control.SSHUser = "username"
Control.SSHPassword = "password"
Control.SSHLogon("server", 22)
Example (Public Key Auth):
Control.SSHAuthMode = SftpSSHAuthModes.amPublicKey
Control.SSHUser = "username"
Control.SSHCertStoreType = SSHCertStoreTypes.cstPFXFile;
Control.SSHCertStore = "cert.pfx";
Control.SSHCertStorePassword = "certpassword";
Control.SSHCertSubject = "*";
Control.SSHLogon("server", 22)
Data Type
Integer
SSHCertEncoded Property (SCP Control)
This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHCertEncoded[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SSHCertStore and SSHCertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.
When SSHCertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SSHCertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SSHCertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SSHCertSubject is set to an empty string.
To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSHCertEncodedB.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
Binary String
SSHCertStore Property (SCP Control)
This is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHCertStore[=string]
Default Value
"MY"
Remarks
This is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
The SSHCertStoreType property denotes the type of the certificate store specified by SSHCertStore. If the store is password protected, specify the password in SSHCertStorePassword.
SSHCertStore is used in conjunction with the SSHCertSubject property to specify client certificates. If SSHCertStore has a value, and SSHCertSubject or SSHCertEncoded is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please see the SSHCertSubject property for details.
Designations of certificate stores are platform dependent.
The following designations are the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:
MY | A certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys. |
CA | Certifying authority certificates. |
ROOT | Root certificates. |
When the certificate store type is PFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is PFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e., PKCS#12 certificate store).
To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSHCertStoreB.
Data Type
Binary String
SSHCertStorePassword Property (SCP Control)
If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHCertStorePassword[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.
Data Type
String
SSHCertStoreType Property (SCP Control)
This is the type of certificate store for this certificate.
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHCertStoreType[=integer]
Possible Values
cstUser(0), cstMachine(1), cstPFXFile(2), cstPFXBlob(3), cstJKSFile(4), cstJKSBlob(5), cstPEMKeyFile(6), cstPEMKeyBlob(7), cstPublicKeyFile(8), cstPublicKeyBlob(9), cstSSHPublicKeyBlob(10), cstP7BFile(11), cstP7BBlob(12), cstSSHPublicKeyFile(13), cstPPKFile(14), cstPPKBlob(15), cstXMLFile(16), cstXMLBlob(17), cstJWKFile(18), cstJWKBlob(19), cstSecurityKey(20), cstBCFKSFile(21), cstBCFKSBlob(22), cstPKCS11(23), cstAuto(99)
Default Value
0
Remarks
This is the type of certificate store for this certificate.
The control supports both public and private keys in a variety of formats. When the cstAuto value is used, the control will automatically determine the type. This property can take one of the following values:
0 (cstUser - default) | For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user.
Note: This store type is not available in Java. |
1 (cstMachine) | For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store.
Note: This store type is not available in Java. |
2 (cstPFXFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS#12) file containing certificates. |
3 (cstPFXBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS#12) format. |
4 (cstJKSFile) | The certificate store is the name of a Java Key Store (JKS) file containing certificates.
Note: This store type is only available in Java. |
5 (cstJKSBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java Key Store (JKS) format.
Note: this store type is only available in Java. |
6 (cstPEMKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate. |
7 (cstPEMKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate. |
8 (cstPublicKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. |
9 (cstPublicKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. |
10 (cstSSHPublicKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key. |
11 (cstP7BFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PKCS#7 file containing certificates. |
12 (cstP7BBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary) representing a certificate store in PKCS#7 format. |
13 (cstSSHPublicKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key. |
14 (cstPPKFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key). |
15 (cstPPKBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary) that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key). |
16 (cstXMLFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format. |
17 (cstXMLBlob) | The certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format. |
18 (cstJWKFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key). |
19 (cstJWKBlob) | The certificate store is a string that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key). |
21 (cstBCFKSFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store).
Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET. |
22 (cstBCFKSBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store) format.
Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET. |
23 (cstPKCS11) | The certificate is present on a physical security key accessible via a PKCS#11 interface.
To use a security key, the necessary data must first be collected using the CertMgr control. The ListStoreCertificates method may be called after setting CertStoreType to cstPKCS11, CertStorePassword to the PIN, and CertStore to the full path of the PKCS#11 DLL. The certificate information returned in the CertList event's CertEncoded parameter may be saved for later use. When using a certificate, pass the previously saved security key information as the SSHCertStore and set SSHCertStorePassword to the PIN. Code Example. SSH Authentication with Security Key:
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99 (cstAuto) | The store type is automatically detected from the input data. This setting may be used with both public and private keys and can detect any of the supported formats automatically. |
Data Type
Integer
SSHCertSubject Property (SCP Control)
This is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHCertSubject[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
This is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.
This property must be set after all other certificate properties are set. When this property is set, a search is performed in the current certificate store to locate a certificate with a matching subject.
If a matching certificate is found, the property is set to the full subject of the matching certificate.
If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.
If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.
The special value "*" picks a random certificate in the certificate store.
The certificate subject is a comma-separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For instance, "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, E=support@nsoftware.com". Common fields and their meanings are as follows:
Field | Meaning |
CN | Common Name. This is commonly a hostname like www.server.com. |
O | Organization |
OU | Organizational Unit |
L | Locality |
S | State |
C | Country |
E | Email Address |
If a field value contains a comma, it must be quoted.
Data Type
String
SSHCompressionAlgorithms Property (SCP Control)
A comma-separated list containing all allowable compression algorithms.
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHCompressionAlgorithms[=string]
Default Value
"none,zlib"
Remarks
During the SSH handshake, this list will be used to negotiate the compression algorithm to be used between the client and server. This list is used for both directions: client to server and server to client. When negotiating algorithms, each side sends a list of all algorithms it supports or allows. The algorithm chosen for each direction is the first algorithm to appear in the sender's list that the receiver supports, so it is important to list multiple algorithms in preferential order. If no algorithm can be agreed upon, the control will raise an error and the connection will be aborted.
At least one supported algorithm must appear in this list. The following compression algorithms are supported by the control:
- zlib
- zlib@openssh.com
- none
Data Type
String
SSHEncryptionAlgorithms Property (SCP Control)
A comma-separated list containing all allowable encryption algorithms.
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHEncryptionAlgorithms[=string]
Default Value
"aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr,aes256-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes128-cbc,3des-ctr,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,arcfour256,arcfour128,arcfour,cast128-cbc,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com"
Remarks
During the SSH handshake, this list will be used to negotiate the encryption algorithm to be used between the client and server. This list is used for both directions: client to server and server to client. When negotiating algorithms, each side sends a list of all algorithms it supports or allows. The algorithm chosen for each direction is the first algorithm to appear in the sender's list that the receiver supports, so it is important to list multiple algorithms in preferential order. If no algorithm can be agreed upon, the control will raise an error and the connection will be aborted.
At least one supported algorithm must appear in this list. The following encryption algorithms are supported by the control:
aes256-ctr | 256-bit AES encryption in CTR mode |
aes256-cbc | 256-bit AES encryption in CBC mode |
aes192-ctr | 192-bit AES encryption in CTR mode |
aes192-cbc | 192-bit AES encryption in CBC mode |
aes128-ctr | 128-bit AES encryption in CTR mode |
aes128-cbc | 128-bit AES encryption in CBC mode |
3des-ctr | 192-bit (3-key) triple DES encryption in CTR mode |
3des-cbc | 192-bit (3-key) triple DES encryption in CBC mode |
cast128-cbc | CAST-128 encryption |
blowfish-cbc | Blowfish encryption |
arcfour | ARC4 encryption |
arcfour128 | 128-bit ARC4 encryption |
arcfour256 | 256-bit ARC4 encryption |
aes256-gcm@openssh.com | 256-bit AES encryption in GCM mode. |
aes128-gcm@openssh.com | 128-bit AES encryption in GCM mode. |
chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com | ChaCha20 with Poly1305-AES encryption. |
Data Type
String
SSHHost Property (SCP Control)
The address of the SSH host.
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHHost[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
The SSHHost property specifies the IP address (IP number in dotted internet format) or Domain Name of the remote host. It is set before a connection is attempted and cannot be changed once a connection is established.
If the SSHHost property is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated, and upon successful termination of the request, the SSHHost property is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.
The SSHHost must be the same host that will be assumed for SSH as for the remote service being connected to.
Data Type
String
SSHPassword Property (SCP Control)
The password for SSH password-based authentication.
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHPassword[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
SSHPassword specifies the password which is used to authenticate the client to the SSH server.
Data Type
String
SSHPort Property (SCP Control)
The port on the SSH server where the SSH service is running; by default, 22.
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHPort[=integer]
Default Value
22
Remarks
The SSHPort specifies a service port on the SSH host to connect to.
A valid port number (a value between 1 and 65535) is required for the connection to take place. The property must be set before a connection is attempted and cannot be changed once a connection is established. Any attempt to change this property while connected will fail with an error.
Data Type
Integer
SSHUser Property (SCP Control)
The username for SSH authentication.
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHUser[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
SSHUser specifies the username which is used to authenticate the client to the SSH server. This property is required.
Example (User/Password Auth):
Control.SSHAuthMode = SftpSSHAuthModes.amPassword
Control.SSHUser = "username"
Control.SSHPassword = "password"
Control.SSHLogon("server", 22)
Example (Public Key Auth):
Control.SSHAuthMode = SftpSSHAuthModes.amPublicKey
Control.SSHUser = "username"
Control.SSHCertStoreType = SSHCertStoreTypes.cstPFXFile;
Control.SSHCertStore = "cert.pfx";
Control.SSHCertStorePassword = "certpassword";
Control.SSHCertSubject = "*";
Control.SSHLogon("server", 22)
Data Type
String
Timeout Property (SCP Control)
A timeout for the control.
Syntax
scpcontrol.Timeout[=integer]
Default Value
60
Remarks
If the Timeout property is set to 0, all operations return immediately, potentially failing with a WOULDBLOCK error if data cannot be sent immediately.
If Timeout is set to a positive value, data is sent in a blocking manner and the control will wait for the operation to complete before returning control. The control will handle any potential WOULDBLOCK errors internally and automatically retry the operation for a maximum of Timeout seconds.
The control will use DoEvents to enter an efficient wait loop during any potential waiting period, making sure that all system events are processed immediately as they arrive. This ensures that the host application does not "freeze" and remains responsive.
If Timeout expires, and the operation is not yet complete, the control fails with an error.
Please note that by default, all timeouts are inactivity timeouts, i.e. the timeout period is extended by Timeout seconds when any amount of data is successfully sent or received.
The default value for the Timeout property is 60 seconds.
Data Type
Integer
Config Method (SCP Control)
Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.
Syntax
scpcontrol.Config ConfigurationString
Remarks
Config is a generic method available in every control. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the control.
These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the control, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.
To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).
To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.
DecodePacket Method (SCP Control)
Decodes a hex-encoded SSH packet.
Syntax
scpcontrol.DecodePacket EncodedPacket
Remarks
This method is used to decode an SSH packet created by EncodePacket.
Note: This method is only applicable for reading and creating SSH packets for use within the SSHCustomAuth event.
DoEvents Method (SCP Control)
Processes events from the internal message queue.
Syntax
scpcontrol.DoEvents
Remarks
When DoEvents is called, the control processes any available events. If no events are available, it waits for a preset period of time, and then returns.
Download Method (SCP Control)
Download a RemoteFile from an SCP server.
Syntax
scpcontrol.Download
Remarks
The remote file specified by RemoteFile is downloaded to the local file specified by LocalFile, or it is retrieved through the Transfer event, if the LocalFile property is "" (empty string). RemoteFile is an absolute or relative path on the server.
If there is no SSH session in place, one is automatically created by the component first.
Example
SCPControl.Localfile = "C:\localfile.txt"
SCPControl.RemoteFile = "remotefile.txt"
SCPControl.Download()
SCPControl.Localfile = "C:\localfile2.txt"
SCPControl.RemoteFile = "folder/remotefile2.txt"
SCPControl.Upload()
Multiple file uploads and downloads are supported through the use of filemasks.
To upload files matching a filemask set LocalFile to a local path including a filemask. Set RemotePath to the directory on the server where the files will be uploaded. In this case RemoteFile is ignored. All matching files will be upload when Upload is called. The StartTransfer, Transfer, and EndTransfer events provide details about the individual file transfers.
To download files matching a filemask set RemoteFile to a filemask. The path may be specified as part of the value in RemoteFile or may be set separately in RemotePath. LocalFile should be set to a local directory where files will be downloaded. When Download is called all matching files are downloaded. The StartTransfer, Transfer, and EndTransfer events provide details about the individual file transfers. In the event an individual file fails to transfer the Error event will fire.
EncodePacket Method (SCP Control)
Hex encodes an SSH packet.
Syntax
scpcontrol.EncodePacket Packet
Remarks
This method is used to encode a raw SSH packet created by SetSSHParam.
Note: This method is only applicable for reading and creating SSH packets for use within the SSHCustomAuth event.
GetSSHParam Method (SCP Control)
Used to read a field from an SSH packet's payload.
Syntax
scpcontrol.GetSSHParam Payload, Field
Remarks
This method is used to read the value of a particular field from an SSH packet's payload. Payload should contain the full payload of a packet received by an event such as SSHChannelRequest. Field is the name of a field to be read out of the packet.
The following is a list of the names of well-known channel request field names and their encodings:
ChannelId (int32) | The id of the channel that received the packet. |
RequestType (string) | The type of channel request. |
WantsReply (boolean) | Whether or not the client wants a reply to the request. |
The remaining fields that are available in the payload are dependent upon the value of RequestType.
pty-req
Pty-req is a request to open a pseudo terminal on the specified channel. The following fields are available:
TerminalType (string) | The type of terminal being requested (eg: "vt100"). |
TerminalWidthCharacters (int32) | The width, in characters, of the terminal to be opened. |
TerminalHeightRows (int32) | The height, in rows, of the terminal to be opened. |
TerminalWidthPixels (int32) | The width, in pixels, of the terminal to be opened. |
TerminalHeightPixels (int32) | The height, in pixels, of the terminal to be opened. |
TerminalModes (string) | A list of op-val (int32-byte) encoded modes to be used by the terminal. |
x11-req
X11-req is a request to forward x11 sessions over a channel. The following fields are available:
SingleConnection (boolean) | Disallows more than one connection to be forwarded by the channel. |
X11AuthProtocol (string) | The authentication protocol to be used (eg: "MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1"). |
X11AuthCookie (string) | A hexadecimal-encoded cookie to be used for authentication. |
X11ScreenNumber (int32) | The x11 screen number to be used. |
env
Env is a request to set an environment variable to be passed into a shell that may be started later. The following fields are available:
VariableName (string) | The name of the variable to be set. |
VariableValue (string) | The value of the variable to be set. |
exec
Exec is a request to execute a command on the channel using the authenticated user's shell. The following field is available:
Command (string) | The command to be executed. |
subsystem
Subsystem is a request to start a subsystem on the specified channel. The following field is available:
Subsystem (string) | The name of the subsystem to be started (eg: "sftp"). |
xon-xoff
Instructs the server to allow or disallow control-S/control-Q style flow control. The following field is available:
ClientCanDo (boolean) | Whether or not the server should enable flow control. |
signal
Sends a signal to the remote process/service. The following field is available:
SignalName (string) | The name of the signal to be sent. |
If the packet type is not well known, Field should start with the special character "%" and contain a comma-separated list of field types as defined in SetSSHParam. For example, reading out the X11AuthProtocol of an x11-req payload, you can use "%s,f".
Note: the return value is a string encoded the same way as the FieldValue param in SetSSHParam.
Note: This method is only applicable for reading and creating SSH packets for use within the SSHCustomAuth event.
GetSSHParamBytes Method (SCP Control)
Used to read a field from an SSH packet's payload.
Syntax
scpcontrol.GetSSHParamBytes Payload, Field
Remarks
This method is the same as calling GetSSHParam, but returns raw bytes instead of strings.
Note: This method is only applicable for reading and creating SSH packets for use within the SSHCustomAuth event.
Interrupt Method (SCP Control)
Interrupt the current method.
Syntax
scpcontrol.Interrupt
Remarks
If there is no method in progress, Interrupt simply returns, doing nothing.
Reset Method (SCP Control)
Reset the control.
Syntax
scpcontrol.Reset
Remarks
This method will reset the control's properties to their default values.
SetSSHParam Method (SCP Control)
Used to write a field to the end of a payload.
Syntax
scpcontrol.SetSSHParam Payload, FieldType, FieldValue
Remarks
This method is used to build the payload portion of an SSH packet to be sent later by a call to SendSSHPacket. Payload should contain the result of a previous call to SetSSHParam. FieldType is a string defining the type of field to be written to the packet. FieldValue should be the string representation of the field to be written.
The following is a list of supported field types and a description of how FieldValue should be encoded:
s | A plaintext string containing the default system encoding of the data. |
sb | A string containing the hex encoded data. (eg: "A1B23C") |
m | A variable-length large integer, encoded as a textual representation of the value ("1234"). |
i | A 32-bit integer, encoded as a textual representation of the value (eg: "1234"). |
l | A 64-bit integer, encoded as a textual representation of the value (eg: "1234"). |
b | A single byte, encoded as a textual representation of the value (eg: "123"). |
f | A boolean flag, encoded as a textual representation of the value (eg: 'true' or 'false') |
Note: integer values may be encoded in hexadecimal by prefixing "0x" to the beginning of the string, otherwise the value is assumed to be base-10.
Note: This method is only applicable for reading and creating SSH packets for use within the SSHCustomAuth event.
SSHLogoff Method (SCP Control)
Logoff from the SSH server.
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHLogoff
Remarks
Logoff from the SSH server. If that fails, the connection is terminated by the local host.
SSHLogon Method (SCP Control)
Logon to the SSHHost using the current SSHUser and SSHPassword .
Syntax
scpcontrol.SSHLogon SSHHost, SSHPort
Remarks
Logon to the SSH server using the current SSHUser and SSHPassword. This will perform the SSH handshake and authentication.
Example (Logging On)
SSHClient.SSHUser = "username"
SSHClient.SSHPassword = "password"
SSHClient.SSHLogon("sshHost", sshPort)
Upload Method (SCP Control)
Upload a file specified by LocalFile to an SCP server.
Syntax
scpcontrol.Upload
Remarks
The local file specified by LocalFile is uploaded to the remote file specified by RemoteFile. RemoteFile is either an absolute path on the server, or a path relative to the server current directory;
If there is no SSH session in place, one is automatically created by the component first.
Example
SCPControl.Localfile = "C:\localfile.txt"
SCPControl.RemoteFile = "remotefile.txt"
SCPControl.Download()
SCPControl.Localfile = "C:\localfile2.txt"
SCPControl.RemoteFile = "folder/remotefile2.txt"
SCPControl.Upload()
Connected Event (SCP Control)
This event is fired immediately after a connection completes (or fails).
Syntax
Sub scpcontrol_Connected(StatusCode As Integer, Description As String)
Remarks
If the connection is made normally, StatusCode is 0 and Description is "OK".
If the connection fails, StatusCode has the error code returned by the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/IP stack. Description contains a description of this code. The value of StatusCode is equal to the value of the error. The corresponding Visual Basic error code can be obtained by adding 15001 to this value.
Please refer to the Error Codes section for more information.
ConnectionStatus Event (SCP Control)
This event is fired to indicate changes in the connection state.
Syntax
Sub scpcontrol_ConnectionStatus(ConnectionEvent As String, StatusCode As Integer, Description As String)
Remarks
The ConnectionStatus event is fired when the connection state changes: for example, completion of a firewall or proxy connection or completion of a security handshake.
The ConnectionEvent parameter indicates the type of connection event. Values may include the following:
Firewall connection complete. | |
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or S/Shell handshake complete (where applicable). | |
Remote host connection complete. | |
Remote host disconnected. | |
SSL or S/Shell connection broken. | |
Firewall host disconnected. |
Disconnected Event (SCP Control)
This event is fired when a connection is closed.
Syntax
Sub scpcontrol_Disconnected(StatusCode As Integer, Description As String)
Remarks
If the connection is broken normally, StatusCode is 0 and Description is "OK".
If the connection is broken for any other reason, StatusCode has the error code returned by the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP/IP) subsystem. Description contains a description of this code. The value of StatusCode is equal to the value of the TCP/IP error. The corresponding Visual Basic error code can be obtained by adding 15001 to this value.
Please refer to the Error Codes section for more information.
EndTransfer Event (SCP Control)
Fired when a file completes downloading/uploading.
Syntax
Sub scpcontrol_EndTransfer(Direction As Integer, LocalFile As String, RemoteFile As String, RemotePath As String)
Remarks
The EndTransfer event fires when either an upload or a download operation completes. This is when the file finishes transferring and/or a directory listing is finished.
The Direction parameter shows whether the client (0) or the server (1) is sending the data.
The LocalFile, RemoteFile, and RemotePath parameters provide information about the current transfer.
Error Event (SCP Control)
Information about errors during data delivery.
Syntax
Sub scpcontrol_Error(ErrorCode As Integer, Description As String, LocalFile As String, RemoteFile As String, RemotePath As String)
Remarks
The Error event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing. Normally the control fails with an error.
ErrorCode contains an error code and Description contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Error Codes section.
The LocalFile, RemoteFile, and RemotePath parameters provide information about the current transfer.
Log Event (SCP Control)
Fires once for each log message.
Syntax
Sub scpcontrol_Log(LogLevel As Integer, Message As String, LogType As String)
Remarks
This event fires once for each log messages generated by the control. The verbosity is controlled by the LogLevel setting.
LogLevel indicates the detail level of the message. Possible values are:
0 (None) | No messages are logged. |
1 (Info - Default) | Informational events such as SSH handshake messages are logged. |
2 (Verbose) | Detailed data such as individual packet information is logged. |
3 (Debug) | Debug data including all relevant sent and received bytes are logged. |
Message is the log message.
LogType is reserved for future use.
SSHCustomAuth Event (SCP Control)
Fired when the control is doing custom authentication.
Syntax
Sub scpcontrol_SSHCustomAuth(Packet As String)
Remarks
SSHCustomAuth is fired during the user authentication stage of the SSH logon process if SSHAuthMode is set to amCustom. Packet contains the raw last SSH packet sent by the server, in HEX-encoded format.
The client should create a new raw SSH packet to send to the server and set Packet to the HEX-encoded representation of the packet to send.
In all cases, Packet will start with the message type field.
To read the incoming packet call DecodePacket and then use the GetSSHParam and GetSSHParamBytes methods. To create a packet use the SetSSHParam method and then call EncodePacket to obtain a HEX-encoded value and assign this to the Packet parameter.
SSHKeyboardInteractive Event (SCP Control)
Fired when the control receives a request for user input from the server.
Syntax
Sub scpcontrol_SSHKeyboardInteractive(Name As String, Instructions As String, Prompt As String, Response As String, EchoResponse As Boolean)
Remarks
SSHKeyboardInteractive is fired during the user authentication stage of the SSH logon process. During authentication, the control will request a list of available authentication methods for the SSHUser. For example, if the SSHHost responds with "keyboard-interactive", the control will fire this event to allow the client application to set the password.
During authentication, the SSH server may respond with a request for the user's authentication information. Name is a server-provided value associated with the authentication method such as "CRYPTOCard Authentication". Instructions will contain specific instructions, also supplied by the server, for how the user should respond.
Along with these values, the server will also send at least one input Prompt to be displayed to and filled out by the user. Response should be set to the user's input, and will be sent back in the user authentication information response. EchoResponse is a server recommendation for whether or not the user's response should be echoed back during input.
Note: the server may send several prompts in a single packet. The control will fire the SSHKeyboardInteractive event once for each prompt.
SSHServerAuthentication Event (SCP Control)
Fired after the server presents its public key to the client.
Syntax
Sub scpcontrol_SSHServerAuthentication(HostKey As String, Fingerprint As String, KeyAlgorithm As String, CertSubject As String, CertIssuer As String, Status As String, Accept As Boolean)
Remarks
This event is where the client can decide whether to continue with the connection process or not. If the public key is known to be a valid key for the SSH server, Accept should be set to True within the event. Otherwise, the server will not be authenticated and the connection will be broken.
Accept will be True only if either HostKey or Fingerprint is identical to the value of SSHAcceptServerHostKey.
Accept may be set to True manually to accept the server host key.
Note that SSH's security inherently relies on client verification of the host key. Ignoring the host key and always setting Accept to true is strongly discouraged, and could cause potentially serious security vulnerabilities in your application. It is recommended that clients maintain a list of known keys for each server and check HostKey against this list each time a connection is attempted.
Host Key contains the full binary text of the key, in the same format used internally by SSH.
Fingerprint holds the SHA-256 hash of HostKey in the hex-encoded form: 0a:1b:2c:3d. To configure the hash algorithm used to calculate this value see SSHFingerprintHashAlgorithm.
KeyAlgorithm identifies the host key algorithm. Supported values are:
- ssh-rsa
- ssh-dss
- rsa-sha2-256
- rsa-sha2-512
- x509v3-sign-rsa
- x509v3-sign-dss
- ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
- ecdsa-sha2-nistp384
- ecdsa-sha2-nistp521
CertSubject is the subject of the certificate. This is only applicable when KeyAlgorithm is "x509v3-sign-rsa" or "x509v3-sign-dss".
CertIssuer is the issuer of the certificate. This is only applicable when KeyAlgorithm is "x509v3-sign-rsa" or "x509v3-sign-dss".
Status is reserved for future use.
SSHStatus Event (SCP Control)
Shows the progress of the secure connection.
Syntax
Sub scpcontrol_SSHStatus(Message As String)
Remarks
The event is fired for informational and logging purposes only. Used to track the progress of the connection.
StartTransfer Event (SCP Control)
Fired when a file starts downloading/uploading.
Syntax
Sub scpcontrol_StartTransfer(Direction As Integer, LocalFile As String, RemoteFile As String, RemotePath As String, FilePermissions As String)
Remarks
The StartTransfer event fires when the file starts transferring.
The Direction parameter shows whether the client (0) or the server (1) is sending the data.
The LocalFile, RemoteFile, and RemotePath parameters provide information about the current transfer.
The FilePermissions parameter may be used to set the remote file permissions on file currently being uploaded. It will also be populated with the current permissions of the remote file when downloading. See FilePermissions for more details.
Transfer Event (SCP Control)
Fired during file download/upload.
Syntax
Sub scpcontrol_Transfer(Direction As Integer, LocalFile As String, RemoteFile As String, RemotePath As String, BytesTransferred As Long64, PercentDone As Integer, Text As String)
Remarks
One or more Transfer events are fired during file transfer. The BytesTransferred parameter shows the number of bytes transferred since the beginning of the transfer.
Text contains the portion of the file data being delivered.
The Direction parameter shows whether the client (0) or the server (1) is sending the data.
The LocalFile, RemoteFile, and RemotePath parameters provide information about the current transfer.
The PercentDone parameter shows the progress of the transfer in the corresponding direction. If PercentDone can not be calculated the value will be -1.
Config Settings (SCP Control)
The control accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the control, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.SCP Config Settings
This is only applicable when RecursiveMode is set to true. If new folders are created on the remote host as a result of the Upload operation this setting specifies the permissions those new folders will be assigned. This is a four (4) digit octal value. See FilePermissions for more details on expected values. The default value is "0700".
This returns the last accessed time of the remote file. It is only applicable for download when PreserveFileTime is set to True. This may be queried within the StartTransfer event.
This returns the last modified time of the remote file. It is only applicable for download when PreserveFileTime is set to True. This may be queried within the StartTransfer event.
If set to True, the control will preserve the file's modified time during transfer. This is applicable to both uploads and downloads. The default value is True.
When enabled, the control will also populate LastModifiedTime and LastAccessedTime configuration settings. These are only applicable during download and may be used to check the times of the remote file from within the StartTransfer event. To cancel a transfer call the Interrupt method.
When a filemask is specified in LocalFile or RemoteFile this setting specifies if sub-directories and files are transferred as well. By default this value is False and only files in the specified directory will be transferred. If set to true recursion will be used to transfer all child folders and files.
After an operation is complete the server may still return an error. This setting controls the amount of time the control will wait for an error to be returned. This value is specified in milliseconds. The default value is "20".
SSHClient Config Settings
By default MaxChannelDataLength is 0 and ChannelDataEOL is an empty string. SSHChannelData fires whenever an SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_DATA packet is received.
If MaxChannelDataLength > 0 and ChannelDataEOL is a non-empty string the control will internally buffer data waiting to fire SSHChannelData until either MaxChannelDataLength is reached or ChannelDataEOL is found, whichever comes first. Query ChannelDataEOLFound to know which condition was met. The buffer is reset any time SSHChannelData fires.
ChannelDataEOL and MaxChannelDataLength MUST be set together or unexpected behavior could occur.
If ,then ChannelDataEOL was found. If , then MaxChannelDataLength was reached.
This config is only valid when queried inside SSHChannelData, MaxChannelDataLength > 0, and ChannelDataEOL is non-empty.
This configuration setting specifies the SSH version string used by the control. The default value is "SSH-2.0-IPWorks SSH Client 2022".
Most SSH servers expect the SSH version string to have the expected format "SSH-protocol version-software version". See above for an example.
This setting controls whether Pageant authentication is disabled, enabled, or required. When enabled or required, the control attempts to communicate with PuTTY's ssh-agent, called "Pageant", over shared memory to perform public key authentication. Possible values and the corresponding behavior is described below:
Value | Description |
0 (Disabled - default) | No communication with Pageant is attempted. |
1 (Enabled) | Pageant authentication is used if available. If Pageant is not running, or does not contain the expected key no error is thrown. |
2 (Required) | Only Pageant authentication is used. If Pageant is not running, or does not contain the expected key an error is thrown. |
Example enabling Pageant:
component.Config("EnablePageantAuth=1");
component.SSHUser = "sshuser";
component.SSHLogon("localhost", 22);
Note: This functionality is only available on Windows.
The default value is "True". If set to "False", the client will not ask for credentials delegation support during authentication. Note that even if the client asks for delegation, the server/KDC might not grant it and authentication will still succeed.
This property may be set to the fully qualified (DNS) name of the kerberos realm (or Windows Active Directory domain name) to use during GSSAPI authentication. This can be used to force authentication with a given realm if the client and server machines are not part of the same domain.
This property can be set to specify the Service Principal Name (SPN) associated with the SSH service on the remote host. This will usually be in the form "host/fqdn.of.sshhost[@REALM]". If not specified, the control will assume the SPN is based on the value of the SSHHost property and the kerberos realm used for authentication.
This property allows you to specify the threshold, in the number of bytes, for the SSH Key Renegotiation. The default value for this property is set to 1 GB.
Example (for setting the threshold to 500 MB):
SSHComponent.Config("KeyRenegotiationThreshold=524288000")
This setting controls the level of detail that is logged through the Log event. Possible values are:
0 (None) | No messages are logged. |
1 (Info - Default) | Informational events such as SSH handshake messages are logged. |
2 (Verbose) | Detailed data such as individual packet information is logged. |
3 (Debug) | Debug data including all relevant sent and received bytes are logged. |
By default MaxChannelDataLength is 0 and ChannelDataEOL is an empty string. SSHChannelData fires whenever an SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_DATA packet is received.
If MaxChannelDataLength > 0 and ChannelDataEOL is a non-empty string the control will internally buffer data waiting to fire SSHChannelData until either MaxChannelDataLength is reached or ChannelDataEOL is found, whichever comes first. Query ChannelDataEOLFound to know which condition was met. The buffer is reset any time SSHChannelData fires.
ChannelDataEOL and MaxChannelDataLength MUST be set together or unexpected behavior could occur.
This setting specifies the maximum size of an individual data packet, in bytes, that can be sent to the sender.
This setting specifies how many bytes of channel data can be sent to the sender of this message without adjusting the window. Note that this value may be changed during the connection, but the window size can only be increased, not decreased.
Returns whether strict key exchange (strict kex) was negotiated during the SSH handshake. If strict kex is being used, then this will return "True". If strict kex is not being used, then this will return "False".
component.Config("NegotiatedStrictKex")
This setting optionally specifies a pattern to be matched to the prompt received from the server during keyboard-interactive authentication. If a matching prompt is detected the control automatically responds to the prompt with the password specified by SSHPassword.
This provides an easy way to automatically reply to prompts with the password if one is presented by the server. The password will be auto-filled in the Response parameter of the SSHKeyboardInteractive event in the case of a match.
The following special characters are supported for pattern matching:
? | Any single character. |
* | Any characters or no characters (e.g., C*t matches Cat, Cot, Coast, Ct). |
[,-] | A range of characters (e.g., [a-z], [a], [0-9], [0-9,a-d,f,r-z]). |
\ | The slash is ignored and exact matching is performed on the next character. |
If these characters need to be used as a literal in a pattern, then they must be escaped by surrounding them with brackets []. Note: "]" and "-" do not need to be escaped. See below for the escape sequences:
Character | Escape Sequence |
? | [?] |
* | [*] |
[ | [[] |
\ | [\] |
For example, to match the value [Something].txt, specify the pattern [[]Something].txt.
This may be when using the diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1 or diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 key exchange algorithms to control the preferred size, in bits, of the modulus (p) prime number to request from the server. Acceptable values are between 1024 and 8192.
If set to a positive value, this setting defines the length of data records to be received. The control will accumulate data until RecordLength is reached and only then fire the DataIn event with data of length RecordLength. This allows data to be received as records of known length. This value can be changed at any time, including within the DataIn event.
The default value is 0, meaning this setting is not used.
This will return the remote host's SSH version string, which can help when identifying problematic servers. This configuration setting is read-only.
When authenticating via public key authentication this setting may be set to the CA signed client's public key. This is useful when the server has been configured to trust client keys signed by a particular CA. For instance:
component.Config("SignedSSHCert=ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAB...");
The algorithm such as ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com in the above string is used as part of the authentication process. To use a different algorithm simply change this value. For instance all of the following are acceptable with the same signed public key:
- ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAB...
- rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAB...
- rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAB...
The default value is "False". Set this to "True" to accept any key presented by the server.
If the server's host key was signed by a CA, this setting may be used to specify the CA's public key. If specified the control will trust any server's host key that was signed by the CA. For instance:
component.Config("SSHAcceptServerCAKey=ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQAB...");
This may be set to a comma-delimited collection of 16-byte MD5 fingerprints that should be accepted as the host's key. You may supply it by HEX encoding the values in the form "0a:1b:2c:3d". Example:
SSHClient.Config("SSHAcceptServerHostKeyFingerprint=0a:1b:2c:3d");
If the server's fingerprint matches one of the values supplied, the control will accept the host key.
This configuration setting controls which hash algorithm is used to calculate the hostkey's fingerprint, displayed when SSHServerAuthentication fires. Valid values are:
- MD5
- SHA1
- SHA256 (default)
This setting may be queried in SSHServerAuthentication to get the server hostkey's MD5 fingerprint.
This setting may be queried in SSHServerAuthentication to get the server hostkey's SHA1 fingerprint.
This setting may be queried in SSHServerAuthentication to get the server hostkey's SHA256 fingerprint.
This setting specifies the maximum number of keep alive packets to send when no response is received. Normally a response to a keep alive packet is received right away. If no response is received the control will continue to send keep alive packets until SSHKeepAliveCountMax is reached. If this is reached the control will assume the connection is broken and disconnect. The default value is 5.
This setting specifies the number of seconds between keep alive packets. If set to a positive value the control will send a SSH keep alive packet after KeepAliveInterval seconds of inactivity. This setting only takes effect when there is no activity, if any data is sent or received over the connection it will reset the timer.
The default value is 0 meaning no keep alives will be sent.
Note: The SSHReverseTunnel control uses a default value of 30.
This may be used to specify the list of supported key exchange algorithms used during SSH negotiation. The value should contain a comma separated list of algorithms. Supported algorithms are:
- curve25519-sha256
- curve25519-sha256@libssh.org
- diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
- diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
- diffie-hellman-group14-sha256
- diffie-hellman-group16-sha512
- diffie-hellman-group18-sha512
- diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
- diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1
- ecdh-sha2-nistp256
- ecdh-sha2-nistp384
- ecdh-sha2-nistp521
- gss-group14-sha256-toWM5Slw5Ew8Mqkay+al2g==
- gss-group16-sha512-toWM5Slw5Ew8Mqkay+al2g==
- gss-nistp256-sha256-toWM5Slw5Ew8Mqkay+al2g==
- gss-curve25519-sha256-toWM5Slw5Ew8Mqkay+al2g==
- gss-group14-sha1-toWM5Slw5Ew8Mqkay+al2g==
- gss-gex-sha1-toWM5Slw5Ew8Mqkay+al2g==
Once this setting is queried, the component will renegotiate the SSH keys with the remote host.
Example:
SSHClient.Config("SSHKeyRenegotiate")
This may be used to specify an alternate list of supported Mac algorithms used during SSH negotiation. This also specifies the order in which the Mac algorithms are preferred. The value should contain a comma separated list of algorithms. Supported algorithms are:
- hmac-sha1
- hmac-md5
- hmac-sha1-96
- hmac-md5-96
- hmac-sha2-256
- hmac-sha2-256-96
- hmac-sha2-512
- hmac-sha2-512-96
- hmac-ripemd160
- hmac-ripemd160-96
- hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com
- hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com
- umac-64@openssh.com
- umac-64-etm@openssh.com
- umac-128@openssh.com
- umac-128-etm@openssh.com
This setting specifies a list of signature algorithms that may be used when authenticating to the server using public key authentication. This applies only when public key authentication is performed by the client.
The setting should be a comma separated list of algorithms. At runtime the control will evaluate the specified algorithms and if the algorithm is applicable to the certificate specified in SSHCert it will be used. If the algorithm is not applicable the control will evaluate the next algorithm. Possible values are:
- ssh-rsa
- rsa-sha2-256
- rsa-sha2-512
- ssh-dss
- ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
- ecdsa-sha2-nistp384
- ecdsa-sha2-nistp521
- ssh-ed25519
- x509v3-sign-rsa
- x509v3-sign-dss
The default value in Windows is ssh-rsa,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512,ssh-dss,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,ssh-ed25519.
rsa-sha2-256 and rsa-sha2-512 notes
The control will query the server for supported algorithms when connecting. If the server indicates support for rsa-sha2-256 or rsa-sha2-512 and the algorithm is present in the list defined by this setting (as in the default value), that algorithm will be used instead of ssh-rsa even when ssh-rsa appears first in the list.
For the rsa-sha2-256 and rsa-sha2-512 algorithms to be automatically preferred the server must support the ext-info-c mechanism. In practice, older servers do not support this and in that case ssh-rsa will be used since it appears first in the list. Newer servers do support this mechanism and in that case rsa-sha2-256 or rsa-sha2-512 will be used even though it appears after ssh-rsa.
This behavior has been carefully designed to provide maximum compatibility while automatically using more secure algorithms when connecting to servers which support them.
This setting specifies the allowed public key algorithms for the server's public key. This list controls only the public key algorithm used when authenticating the server's public key. This list has no bearing on the public key algorithms that can be used by the client when performing public key authentication to the server. The default value is ssh-ed25519,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512,ssh-rsa,ssh-dss,x509v3-sign-rsa,x509v3-sign-dss.
This configuration setting specifies the pattern used to accept or deny the remote host's SSH version string. It takes a comma-delimited list of patterns to match. The default value is "*SSH-1.99-*,*SSH-2.0-*" and will accept connections from SSH 1.99 and 2.0 hosts. As an example, the below value would accept connections for SSH 1.99, 2.0, and 2.99 hosts.
*SSH-1.99-*,*SSH-2.0-*,*SSH-2.99-*
The default value is . When set to , the control will try to authenticate using all methods that it has credentials for and the server supports.
This setting controls whether strict key exchange (strict kex) is enabled to mitigate the Terrapin attack. When enabled, the control will indicate support for strict key exchange by automatically including the pseudo-algorithm kex-strict-c-v00@openssh.com for client controls and kex-strict-s-v00@openssh.com for server controls in the list of supported key exchange algorithms.
Since both client and server must implement strict key exchange to effectively mitigate the Terrapin attack, the control provides options to further control the behavior in different scenarios. Possible values for this setting are:
0 | Disabled. Strict key exchange is not supported in the control. |
1 (default) | Enabled, but not enforced. This setting enables strict key exchange, but if the remote host does not support strict key exchange the connection is still allowed to continue. |
2 | Enabled, but reject affected algorithms if the remote host does not support strict key exchange. If the remote host supports strict key exchange all algorithms may be used. If the remote host does not support strict key exchange the connection will only continue if the selected encryption and MAC algorithms are not affected by the Terrapin attack. |
3 | Required. If the remote host does not support strict key exchange the connection will fail. |
This setting controls whether the control will wait for a server response to the SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_CLOSE when disconnecting. When the control disconnects it will first attempt to close all open channels by sending a SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_CLOSE for each channel. This setting controls whether the control will wait for a server response after sending the messages.
When True (default) the control will wait for a response to the channel close message until the responses have been received, the server closes the connection, or Timeout seconds is reached.
When False the control will still send the channel close messages but will not wait for a response and will proceed to close the connection.
This setting controls whether to wait for the server to close the connection when SSHLogoff is called.
When set to True the control will initiate the disconnection sequence by sending SSH_MSG_DISCONNECT but will not close the connection, and instead will wait for the server to close the connection. Setting this to True may be beneficial in circumstances where many connections are being established, to avoid port exhaustion when sockets are in a TIME_WAIT state. Allowing the server to close the connection avoids the TIME_WAIT state of socket on the client machine.
When set to False (default) the client will close the connection. It is recommended to use this value unless there is a specific need to change it.
TCPClient Config Settings
When set, this configuration setting allows you to specify a different timeout value for establishing a connection. Otherwise, the control will use Timeout for establishing a connection and transmitting/receiving data.
This configuration setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
If a FirewallHost is given, requested connections will be authenticated through the specified firewall when connecting.
If the FirewallHost setting is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, the FirewallHost setting is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.
Note: This setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
If FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword settings are used to connect and authenticate to the given firewall. If the authentication fails, the control fails with an error.
Note: This setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
The FirewallPort is set automatically when FirewallType is set to a valid value.
Note: This configuration setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
The appropriate values are as follows:
0 | No firewall (default setting). |
1 | Connect through a tunneling proxy. FirewallPort is set to 80. |
2 | Connect through a SOCKS4 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
3 | Connect through a SOCKS5 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
10 | Connect through a SOCKS4A Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
Note: This setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
If the FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword settings are used to connect and authenticate to the Firewall. If the authentication fails, the control fails with an error.
Note: This setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
When set, TCPKeepAlive will automatically be set to True. A TCP keep-alive packet will be sent after a period of inactivity as defined by KeepAliveTime. If no acknowledgment is received from the remote host, the keep-alive packet will be sent again. This configuration setting specifies the interval at which the successive keep-alive packets are sent in milliseconds. This system default if this value is not specified here is 1 second.
Note: This value is not applicable in macOS.
When set, TCPKeepAlive will automatically be set to True. By default, the operating system will determine the time a connection is idle before a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) keep-alive packet is sent. This system default if this value is not specified here is 2 hours. In many cases, a shorter interval is more useful. Set this value to the desired interval in milliseconds.
This property controls how a connection is closed. The default is True.
In the case that Linger is True (default), two scenarios determine how long the connection will linger. In the first, if LingerTime is 0 (default), the system will attempt to send pending data for a connection until the default IP timeout expires.
In the second scenario, if LingerTime is a positive value, the system will attempt to send pending data until the specified LingerTime is reached. If this attempt fails, then the system will reset the connection.
The default behavior (which is also the default mode for stream sockets) might result in a long delay in closing the connection. Although the control returns control immediately, the system could hold system resources until all pending data are sent (even after your application closes).
Setting this property to False forces an immediate disconnection. If you know that the other side has received all the data you sent (e.g., by a client acknowledgment), setting this property to False might be the appropriate course of action.
LingerTime is the time, in seconds, the socket connection will linger. This value is 0 by default, which means it will use the default IP timeout.
The LocalHost setting contains the name of the local host as obtained by the gethostname() system call, or if the user has assigned an IP address, the value of that address.
In multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface) setting LocalHost to the value of an interface will make the control initiate connections (or accept in the case of server controls) only through that interface.
If the control is connected, the LocalHost setting shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).
This must be set before a connection is attempted. It instructs the control to bind to a specific port (or communication endpoint) in the local machine.
Setting this to 0 (default) enables the system to choose a port at random. The chosen port will be shown by LocalPort after the connection is established.
LocalPort cannot be changed once a connection is made. Any attempt to set this when a connection is active will generate an error.
This; setting is useful when trying to connect to services that require a trusted port in the client side. An example is the remote shell (rsh) service in UNIX systems.
MaxLineLength is the size of an internal buffer, which holds received data while waiting for an EOL string.
If an EOL string is found in the input stream before MaxLineLength bytes are received, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to True, and the buffer is reset.
If no EOL is found, and MaxLineLength bytes are accumulated in the buffer, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to False, and the buffer is reset.
The minimum value for MaxLineLength is 256 bytes. The default value is 2048 bytes.
This configuration setting can be used to throttle outbound TCP traffic. Set this to the number of bytes to be sent per second. By default, this is not set and there is no limit.
This configuration setting optionally specifies a semicolon-separated list of hostnames or IP addresses to bypass when a proxy is in use. When requests are made to hosts specified in this property, the proxy will not be used. For instance:
www.google.com;www.nsoftware.com
If set to True, the socket's keep-alive option is enabled and keep-alive packets will be sent periodically to maintain the connection. Set KeepAliveTime and KeepAliveInterval to configure the timing of the keep-alive packets.
Note: This value is not applicable in Java.
When true, the socket will send all data that is ready to send at once. When false, the socket will send smaller buffered packets of data at small intervals. This is known as the Nagle algorithm.
By default, this config is set to false.
When set to 0 (default), the control will use IPv4 exclusively. When set to 1, the control will use IPv6 exclusively. To instruct the control to prefer IPv6 addresses, but use IPv4 if IPv6 is not supported on the system, this setting should be set to 2. The default value is 0. Possible values are:
0 | IPv4 Only |
1 | IPv6 Only |
2 | IPv6 with IPv4 fallback |
Socket Config Settings
If AbsoluteTimeout is set to True, any method which does not complete within Timeout seconds will be aborted. By default, AbsoluteTimeout is False, and the timeout is an inactivity timeout.
Note: This option is not valid for UDP ports.
When the firewall is a tunneling proxy, use this property to send custom (additional) headers to the firewall (e.g. headers for custom authentication schemes).
This is the size of an internal queue in the TCP/IP stack. You can increase or decrease its size depending on the amount of data that you will be receiving. Increasing the value of the InBufferSize setting can provide significant improvements in performance in some cases.
Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the control is activated the InBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.
This is the size of an internal queue in the TCP/IP stack. You can increase or decrease its size depending on the amount of data that you will be sending. Increasing the value of the OutBufferSize setting can provide significant improvements in performance in some cases.
Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the control is activated the OutBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.
Base Config Settings
The default code page is Unicode UTF-8 (65001).
The following is a list of valid code page identifiers:
Identifier | Name |
037 | IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada |
437 | OEM - United States |
500 | IBM EBCDIC - International |
708 | Arabic - ASMO 708 |
709 | Arabic - ASMO 449+, BCON V4 |
710 | Arabic - Transparent Arabic |
720 | Arabic - Transparent ASMO |
737 | OEM - Greek (formerly 437G) |
775 | OEM - Baltic |
850 | OEM - Multilingual Latin I |
852 | OEM - Latin II |
855 | OEM - Cyrillic (primarily Russian) |
857 | OEM - Turkish |
858 | OEM - Multilingual Latin I + Euro symbol |
860 | OEM - Portuguese |
861 | OEM - Icelandic |
862 | OEM - Hebrew |
863 | OEM - Canadian-French |
864 | OEM - Arabic |
865 | OEM - Nordic |
866 | OEM - Russian |
869 | OEM - Modern Greek |
870 | IBM EBCDIC - Multilingual/ROECE (Latin-2) |
874 | ANSI/OEM - Thai (same as 28605, ISO 8859-15) |
875 | IBM EBCDIC - Modern Greek |
932 | ANSI/OEM - Japanese, Shift-JIS |
936 | ANSI/OEM - Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore) |
949 | ANSI/OEM - Korean (Unified Hangul Code) |
950 | ANSI/OEM - Traditional Chinese (Taiwan; Hong Kong SAR, PRC) |
1026 | IBM EBCDIC - Turkish (Latin-5) |
1047 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin 1/Open System |
1140 | IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada (037 + Euro symbol) |
1141 | IBM EBCDIC - Germany (20273 + Euro symbol) |
1142 | IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway (20277 + Euro symbol) |
1143 | IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden (20278 + Euro symbol) |
1144 | IBM EBCDIC - Italy (20280 + Euro symbol) |
1145 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain (20284 + Euro symbol) |
1146 | IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom (20285 + Euro symbol) |
1147 | IBM EBCDIC - France (20297 + Euro symbol) |
1148 | IBM EBCDIC - International (500 + Euro symbol) |
1149 | IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic (20871 + Euro symbol) |
1200 | Unicode UCS-2 Little-Endian (BMP of ISO 10646) |
1201 | Unicode UCS-2 Big-Endian |
1250 | ANSI - Central European |
1251 | ANSI - Cyrillic |
1252 | ANSI - Latin I |
1253 | ANSI - Greek |
1254 | ANSI - Turkish |
1255 | ANSI - Hebrew |
1256 | ANSI - Arabic |
1257 | ANSI - Baltic |
1258 | ANSI/OEM - Vietnamese |
1361 | Korean (Johab) |
10000 | MAC - Roman |
10001 | MAC - Japanese |
10002 | MAC - Traditional Chinese (Big5) |
10003 | MAC - Korean |
10004 | MAC - Arabic |
10005 | MAC - Hebrew |
10006 | MAC - Greek I |
10007 | MAC - Cyrillic |
10008 | MAC - Simplified Chinese (GB 2312) |
10010 | MAC - Romania |
10017 | MAC - Ukraine |
10021 | MAC - Thai |
10029 | MAC - Latin II |
10079 | MAC - Icelandic |
10081 | MAC - Turkish |
10082 | MAC - Croatia |
12000 | Unicode UCS-4 Little-Endian |
12001 | Unicode UCS-4 Big-Endian |
20000 | CNS - Taiwan |
20001 | TCA - Taiwan |
20002 | Eten - Taiwan |
20003 | IBM5550 - Taiwan |
20004 | TeleText - Taiwan |
20005 | Wang - Taiwan |
20105 | IA5 IRV International Alphabet No. 5 (7-bit) |
20106 | IA5 German (7-bit) |
20107 | IA5 Swedish (7-bit) |
20108 | IA5 Norwegian (7-bit) |
20127 | US-ASCII (7-bit) |
20261 | T.61 |
20269 | ISO 6937 Non-Spacing Accent |
20273 | IBM EBCDIC - Germany |
20277 | IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway |
20278 | IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden |
20280 | IBM EBCDIC - Italy |
20284 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain |
20285 | IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom |
20290 | IBM EBCDIC - Japanese Katakana Extended |
20297 | IBM EBCDIC - France |
20420 | IBM EBCDIC - Arabic |
20423 | IBM EBCDIC - Greek |
20424 | IBM EBCDIC - Hebrew |
20833 | IBM EBCDIC - Korean Extended |
20838 | IBM EBCDIC - Thai |
20866 | Russian - KOI8-R |
20871 | IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic |
20880 | IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Russian) |
20905 | IBM EBCDIC - Turkish |
20924 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin-1/Open System (1047 + Euro symbol) |
20932 | JIS X 0208-1990 & 0121-1990 |
20936 | Simplified Chinese (GB2312) |
21025 | IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Serbian, Bulgarian) |
21027 | Extended Alpha Lowercase |
21866 | Ukrainian (KOI8-U) |
28591 | ISO 8859-1 Latin I |
28592 | ISO 8859-2 Central Europe |
28593 | ISO 8859-3 Latin 3 |
28594 | ISO 8859-4 Baltic |
28595 | ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic |
28596 | ISO 8859-6 Arabic |
28597 | ISO 8859-7 Greek |
28598 | ISO 8859-8 Hebrew |
28599 | ISO 8859-9 Latin 5 |
28605 | ISO 8859-15 Latin 9 |
29001 | Europa 3 |
38598 | ISO 8859-8 Hebrew |
50220 | ISO 2022 Japanese with no halfwidth Katakana |
50221 | ISO 2022 Japanese with halfwidth Katakana |
50222 | ISO 2022 Japanese JIS X 0201-1989 |
50225 | ISO 2022 Korean |
50227 | ISO 2022 Simplified Chinese |
50229 | ISO 2022 Traditional Chinese |
50930 | Japanese (Katakana) Extended |
50931 | US/Canada and Japanese |
50933 | Korean Extended and Korean |
50935 | Simplified Chinese Extended and Simplified Chinese |
50936 | Simplified Chinese |
50937 | US/Canada and Traditional Chinese |
50939 | Japanese (Latin) Extended and Japanese |
51932 | EUC - Japanese |
51936 | EUC - Simplified Chinese |
51949 | EUC - Korean |
51950 | EUC - Traditional Chinese |
52936 | HZ-GB2312 Simplified Chinese |
54936 | Windows XP: GB18030 Simplified Chinese (4 Byte) |
57002 | ISCII Devanagari |
57003 | ISCII Bengali |
57004 | ISCII Tamil |
57005 | ISCII Telugu |
57006 | ISCII Assamese |
57007 | ISCII Oriya |
57008 | ISCII Kannada |
57009 | ISCII Malayalam |
57010 | ISCII Gujarati |
57011 | ISCII Punjabi |
65000 | Unicode UTF-7 |
65001 | Unicode UTF-8 |
Identifier | Name |
1 | ASCII |
2 | NEXTSTEP |
3 | JapaneseEUC |
4 | UTF8 |
5 | ISOLatin1 |
6 | Symbol |
7 | NonLossyASCII |
8 | ShiftJIS |
9 | ISOLatin2 |
10 | Unicode |
11 | WindowsCP1251 |
12 | WindowsCP1252 |
13 | WindowsCP1253 |
14 | WindowsCP1254 |
15 | WindowsCP1250 |
21 | ISO2022JP |
30 | MacOSRoman |
10 | UTF16String |
0x90000100 | UTF16BigEndian |
0x94000100 | UTF16LittleEndian |
0x8c000100 | UTF32String |
0x98000100 | UTF32BigEndian |
0x9c000100 | UTF32LittleEndian |
65536 | Proprietary |
In certain circumstances it may be beneficial to mask sensitive data, like passwords, in log messages. Set this to to mask sensitive data. The default is .
This setting only works on these controls: AS3Receiver, AS3Sender, Atom, Client(3DS), FTP, FTPServer, IMAP, OFTPClient, SSHClient, SCP, Server(3DS), Sexec, SFTP, SFTPServer, SSHServer, TCPClient, TCPServer.
When set to , the control will use the system security libraries by default to perform cryptographic functions where applicable.
Setting this configuration setting to tells the control to use the internal implementation instead of using the system security libraries.
This setting is set to by default on all platforms.
Trappable Errors (SCP Control)
SCP Errors
20119 Firewall error. Error description contains detailed information. |
SSHClient Errors
21002 Server has disconnected. | |
21003 Protocol version unsupported or other issue with version string. | |
21004 Cannot negotiate algorithms. | |
21006 Selected algorithm unsupported. | |
21007 Cannot set keys. | |
21011 Unexpected algorithm. | |
21012 Cannot create exchange hash. | |
21013 Cannot make key. | |
21014 Cannot sign data. | |
21015 Cannot encrypt packet. | |
21016 Cannot decrypt packet. | |
21017 Cannot decompress packet. | |
21021 Failure to open channel. | |
21022 Invalid channel ID. | |
21023 Invalid channel data. | |
21024 Invalid channel message. | |
21025 SSH message unimplemented. | |
21028 Server message unsupported. | |
21031 Server's host key was rejected. The host key may be accepted within the SSHServerAuthentication event or using the SSHAcceptServerHostKey property. | |
21032 Cannot verify server's host key. | |
21033 Authentication failed. Check description for details. | |
21034 Channel request failed. | |
21035 Diffie-Hellman exchange failed. | |
21037 SSH connection failed. | |
21038 SSH reconnect limit reached. | |
21039 Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman exchange failed. | |
21040 SSH keep-alive limit reached. | |
21099 Request failure. | |
21131 Would block error. | |
21134 Would block, reason: key reExchange. |
The control may also return one of the following error codes, which are inherited from other controls.
TCPClient Errors
20101 You cannot change the RemotePort at this time. A connection is in progress. | |
20102 You cannot change the RemoteHost (Server) at this time. A connection is in progress. | |
20103 The RemoteHost address is invalid (0.0.0.0). | |
20105 Already connected. If you want to reconnect, close the current connection first. | |
20107 You cannot change the LocalPort at this time. A connection is in progress. | |
20108 You cannot change the LocalHost at this time. A connection is in progress. | |
20113 You cannot change MaxLineLength at this time. A connection is in progress. | |
20117 RemotePort cannot be zero. Please specify a valid service port number. | |
20118 You cannot change the UseConnection option while the control is active. | |
20136 Operation would block. | |
20202 Timeout. | |
20212 Action impossible in control's present state. | |
20213 Action impossible while not connected. | |
20214 Action impossible while listening. | |
20302 Timeout. | |
20303 Could not open file. | |
20435 Unable to convert string to selected CodePage. | |
21106 Already connecting. If you want to reconnect, close the current connection first. | |
21118 You need to connect first. | |
21120 You cannot change the LocalHost at this time. A connection is in progress. | |
21121 Connection dropped by remote host. |
TCP/IP Errors
25005 [10004] Interrupted system call. | |
25010 [10009] Bad file number. | |
25014 [10013] Access denied. | |
25015 [10014] Bad address. | |
25023 [10022] Invalid argument. | |
25025 [10024] Too many open files. | |
25036 [10035] Operation would block. | |
25037 [10036] Operation now in progress. | |
25038 [10037] Operation already in progress. | |
25039 [10038] Socket operation on non-socket. | |
25040 [10039] Destination address required. | |
25041 [10040] Message too long. | |
25042 [10041] Protocol wrong type for socket. | |
25043 [10042] Bad protocol option. | |
25044 [10043] Protocol not supported. | |
25045 [10044] Socket type not supported. | |
25046 [10045] Operation not supported on socket. | |
25047 [10046] Protocol family not supported. | |
25048 [10047] Address family not supported by protocol family. | |
25049 [10048] Address already in use. | |
25050 [10049] Can't assign requested address. | |
25051 [10050] Network is down. | |
25052 [10051] Network is unreachable. | |
25053 [10052] Net dropped connection or reset. | |
25054 [10053] Software caused connection abort. | |
25055 [10054] Connection reset by peer. | |
25056 [10055] No buffer space available. | |
25057 [10056] Socket is already connected. | |
25058 [10057] Socket is not connected. | |
25059 [10058] Can't send after socket shutdown. | |
25060 [10059] Too many references, can't splice. | |
25061 [10060] Connection timed out. | |
25062 [10061] Connection refused. | |
25063 [10062] Too many levels of symbolic links. | |
25064 [10063] File name too long. | |
25065 [10064] Host is down. | |
25066 [10065] No route to host. | |
25067 [10066] Directory not empty | |
25068 [10067] Too many processes. | |
25069 [10068] Too many users. | |
25070 [10069] Disc Quota Exceeded. | |
25071 [10070] Stale NFS file handle. | |
25072 [10071] Too many levels of remote in path. | |
25092 [10091] Network subsystem is unavailable. | |
25093 [10092] WINSOCK DLL Version out of range. | |
25094 [10093] Winsock not loaded yet. | |
26002 [11001] Host not found. | |
26003 [11002] Non-authoritative 'Host not found' (try again or check DNS setup). | |
26004 [11003] Non-recoverable errors: FORMERR, REFUSED, NOTIMP. | |
26005 [11004] Valid name, no data record (check DNS setup). |