SSH Secure Shell software development tool for Visual Basic DotNet for Windows
ActiveSocket is a Network Communication component for Windows Developers. It runs on any 32 bit and 64 bit Windows Platform, incl. Windows 7, Windows 2008, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista and Windows XP.It features many IP protocols, incl.: SSH (Secure Shell), RSH (Remote Shell), HTTP(s), FTP, ICMP Ping, NTP, SNMP v1/v2c (Get,GetNext,Set), SNMP MIB translation, SNMP Trap Sender, SNMP Trap Receiver, Telnet, DNS, TCP, UDP, IP-to-Country, Wake-On-LAN and more. Samples are included many popular development platforms, incl. Visual C# .NET, Visual Basic .NET, ASP .NET, Visual Basic, Visual C/C++, ASP, Java, Javascript, PHP, Borland Delphi, Borland C++ Builder, ColdFusion.
SSH Secure Shell is a secure telnet internet protocol to allow exchange of data. On the first place, it is used on Unix and Linux systems to access shell accounts and shell scripts. SSH was designed to replacement the insecure TELNET protocol and other insecure remote shell protocols (incl. RSH, Remote Shell). SSH uses the well-known public-key cryptographic algorithm to authenticate the remote host.
ActiveSocket can be well integrated into Visual Basic .NET environments. This document describes how ActiveSocket can be integrated into Visual Basic .NET projects.
Step 1: Download and install the ActiveSocket Toolkit
Download the the ActiveSocket Toolkit from the ActiveXperts Download Site and start the installation. The installation guides you through the installation process.
Step 2: Create a new Visual Basic .NET Project
Launch Microsoft Visual Studio (for instance 'Microsoft Visual Studio 2005') from the Start menu. Choose 'New' from the 'File' menu and click on 'Project'. In the 'New Project' dialog, select a Visual Studio template (for instance: 'Console Application'). Select a name for the application (for instance: 'DemoApp') and a name for the solution (for instance: 'DemoSolution'). Also, select the directory where you want to store the project (for instance: 'C:\MyProjects):
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Step 3: Refer to the ActiveSocket Library and create the objects
Now that a new project has been created, you must add a reference to the ActiveSocket Toolkit in the project to be able to use the the ActiveSocket object. To do so, choose 'Add Reference...' from the 'Project' menu. In the 'Add Reference' dialog that pops up, select the 'COM' tab and select the 'ActiveSocket 3.1 Type Library' as shown in the following picture:
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Click 'OK' to close the 'Add Reference' dialog.
On top of your code, type the following line to use the ActiveSocket namespace:
Imports ASOCKETLib
In your Main function, declare and create the following object:
Public m_objSsh As Ssh m_objSsh = New Ssh()
Full Sample Code
There are SSH samples included with the product. You can also find them on the ActiveXperts FTP site: ftp.activexperts-labs.com/samples/asocket