SSH.Agent

Class Declaration

 Protected Class Agent

Remarks

This class communicates with a key management service running on the local system (the "agent"). The agent manages the user's SSH keys and authenticates to remote SSH servers on behalf of SSH-aware apps running as the same local user. Access to a user's keys is granted when the user successfully signs in to the local machine. This relieves the user of having to type in their credentials every time a SSH session is begun, and relieves the SSH-aware app of responsibility for securing user keys.

Example

This example demonstrates how to use the Agent class to log on to a remote server.

  Dim session As New SSH.Session
  If Not session.Connect("ssh.example.com", 22) Then MsgBox("Can't connect!")
  Dim agent As New SSH.Agent(session)
  If Not agent.Connect() Then MsgBox("Can't contact agent!")
  If Not agent.Refresh() Then MsgBox("Can't get the key list!")
  Dim c As Integer = agent.Count - 1
  For i As Integer = 0 To c
    If session.SendCredentials("myusername", agent, i) Then
      MsgBox("Logged in successfully!")
      Exit For
    End If
  Next
  agent.Disconnect()