wolfSSH

wolfSSH is a small, portable, embedded SSH library targeted for use by embedded systems developers. It is an open-source implementation of SSH written in the C language. It includes SSH client libraries and an SSH server implementation. It allows for password and public key authentication.

Platforms[]

wolfSSH is currently available for Win32/64, Linux, macOS, Solaris, Threadx, VxWorks, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, embedded Linux, WinCE, Haiku, OpenWrt, iPhone, Android, Nintendo Wii and Gamecube through DevKitPro support, QNX, MontaVista, Tron variants, NonStop OS, OpenCL, Micrium's MicroC/OS-II, FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS, Freescale MQX, Nucleus, TinyOS, TI-RTOS, HP-UX, uTasker, and embOS.

Protocols[]

The wolfSSH lightweight SSH library implements the SSHv2 protocol. It also includes support for the Secure copy and SSH File Transfer protocols.

Algorithms[]

wolfSSH uses the cryptographic services provided by wolfCrypt.^[2] wolfCrypt Provides RSA, ECC, Diffie–Hellman, AES (CBC, GCM), Random Number Generation, Large Integer support, and base 16/64 encoding/decoding.

Key Exchange[]

• diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
• diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
• diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
• ecdh-sha2-nistp256
• ecdh-sha2-nistp384
• ecdh-sha2-nistp521

Public Key[]

• ssh-rsa
• ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
• ecdsa-sha2-nistp384
• ecdsa-sha2-nistp521

Integrity[]

• hmac-sha1
• hmac-sha1-96
• hmac-sha2-256

Encryption[]

• aes128-cbc
• aes128-gcm (OpenSSH compatible)

Licensing[]

wolfSSH is open source, licensed under GNU GPL-3.0-or-later.^[3]

See also[]

• Secure Shell
• OpenSSH
• DropBear
• Comparison of SSH clients
• Comparison of SSH servers
• Comparison of cryptography libraries

References[]

External links[]

• wolfSSH Homepage