----- Original Message ----
> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Sat, January 15, 2011 9:19:15 PM
> Subject: simulate connection with netcat
>
> Hello,
>
> my long-term intention is to write a cross-platform GUI-authpf-client
> without using libssh or libssh2. Before I get into that I'd like to simulate
> the ssh-connection/authentication via netcat.
> I took a look at the RFCs but don't get it working.
>
> % nc 127.0.0.1 22
> SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.2
> SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.2 <-- entered by me
> ... a lot of text ...
>
> What do I enter now to authenticate?
> My attempts resulted in "Packet corrupt".
SSH uses a binary protocol. Getting authenticated is far more complex than
writting something at your keyboard by hand.
You can find pointers to the related RFCs here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell
- Salva
