(Delphi ActiveX) SSH Authenticate Secure

Demonstrates how to do SSH password authentication with secure strings.

This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.71 or greater.

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
crypt: TChilkatCrypt2;
ssLogin: TChilkatSecureString;
ssPassword: TChilkatSecureString;
ssh: TChilkatSsh;

begin
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// Imagine we've previously saved our encrypted login and password within a JSON config file
// that contains this:

// {
//   "ssh_login": "2+qylFfC56Ck7OQQt/U2/w==",
//   "ssh_password": "5neIq9Jmn0E3p71N6Yc8TA=="
// }

json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
json.LoadFile('qa_data/passwords/ssh.json');

crypt := TChilkatCrypt2.Create(Self);

// These are the encryption settings we previously used to encrypt the credentials within the JSON config file.
crypt.CryptAlgorithm := 'aes';
crypt.CipherMode := 'cbc';
crypt.KeyLength := 128;
crypt.SetEncodedKey('000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F','hex');
crypt.SetEncodedIV('000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F','hex');
crypt.EncodingMode := 'base64';

ssLogin := TChilkatSecureString.Create(Self);
ssPassword := TChilkatSecureString.Create(Self);

// Decrypt to the secure string.  (the strings will still held in memory encrypted, but are now encrypted using
// a randomly generated session key.)
crypt.DecryptSecureENC(json.StringOf('ssh_login'),ssLogin.ControlInterface);
crypt.DecryptSecureENC(json.StringOf('ssh_password'),ssPassword.ControlInterface);

ssh := TChilkatSsh.Create(Self);

success := ssh.Connect('MY-SSH-SERVER-DOMAIN-OR-IP',22);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ssh.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Authenticate using secure strings
success := ssh.AuthenticateSecPw(ssLogin.ControlInterface,ssPassword.ControlInterface);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ssh.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('SSH Authentication successful.');

ssh.Disconnect();
end;