wolfSSH

wolfSSH
Developer(s)	John Safranek
Initial release	July 20, 2016
Stable release	1.4.15 / 23 December 2023
Repository	github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssh ;
Written in	C language
Operating system	Multi-platform
Type	Security library
License	GPL-3.0-or-later or proprietary license
Website	www.wolfssl.com/products/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 (iOS), Android, Wii and GameCube through DevKitPro support, QNX, MontaVista, TRON variants (TRON/ITRON/µITRON), NonStop OS, OpenCL, Micrium's MicroC/OS-II, FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS, Freescale MQX, Nucleus, TinyOS, TI-RTOS, HP-UX, uTasker, embOS, PIC32, PikeOS, and Green Hills INTEGRITY.

Protocols

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

Algorithms

wolfSSH uses the cryptographic services provided by wolfCrypt.^[3] 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 and dual licensed under both the GNU GPL-3.0-or-later^[4] and commercial licensing.

References

^ "wolfSSH ChangeLog".
^ "Release 1.4.15". 23 December 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
^ wolfCrypt Usage Reference
^ "Licensing Information". Archived from the original on 2021-08-18.

External links

wolfSSH Homepage

[wolfSSH-ChangeLog-1] "wolfSSH ChangeLog".

[wikidata-a9e064e845019118cf04c4716cae5f1db05072e2-v11-2] "Release 1.4.15". 23 December 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

[3] wolfCrypt Usage Reference

[4] "Licensing Information". Archived from the original on 2021-08-18.