SSH Secure Shell software development tool for VBScript 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 VBScript environments. This document describes how ActiveSocket can be integrated into VBScript.

Step 1: Download and install the ActiveSocket Toolkit

Download ActiveSocket from the ActiveXperts Download Site and start the installation. The installation guides you through the installation process.

Step 2: Create a new script

Create a new script using your favorite editor. You can simply use notepad. However, a VBScript editor is recommended, so you can browse through objects, objects properties and object functions.

You're now able to write a more advanced script to communicate using the ActiveSocket Toolkit.

Step 3: Create the ActiveSocket object in VBScript

Create a new VBScript file called DEMO.VBS. It is recommended to insert the following line on top of your code:

   Option Explicit

This statement requires that all variable names be defined (with the Dim statement), to avoid simple typos that can cause incredible headaches and long debugging sessions for something that should have never happened.

Now, declare the ActiveSocket object(s):

   Dim objSsh

Create the ActiveSocket object(s) like this:

   Set objSsh      = CreateObject( "ActiveXperts.Ssh" )

Now, add the following lines to the file to have your fist ActiveSocket VBScript program:

   WScript.Echo "Version: " & objSsh.Version
   WScript.Echo "Expiration Date: " & objSsh.Expiration Date

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