(Lianja) SSH Tunnel with Dynamic Port Forwarding

Demonstrates how to start a background thread that runs a portable SSH tunnel w/ dynamic port forwarding that the foreground thread can use for establishing connections through an SSH tunnel.

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// Starting in v9.5.0.49, all Chilkat classes can be unlocked at once at the beginning of a program
// by calling UnlockBundle.  It requires a Bundle unlock code.
loChilkatGlob = createobject("CkGlobal")
llSuccess = loChilkatGlob.UnlockBundle("Anything for 30-day trial.")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loChilkatGlob.LastErrorText
    release loChilkatGlob
    return
endif

// This example requires Chilkat version 9.5.0.50 or greater.
loTunnel = createobject("CkSshTunnel")

lcSshHostname = "sftp.example.com"
lnSshPort = 22

// Connect to an SSH server and establish the SSH tunnel:
llSuccess = loTunnel.Connect(lcSshHostname,lnSshPort)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loTunnel.LastErrorText
    release loChilkatGlob
    release loTunnel
    return
endif

// Authenticate with the SSH server via a login/password
// or with a public key.  
// This example demonstrates SSH password authentication.
llSuccess = loTunnel.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin","mySshPassword")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loTunnel.LastErrorText
    release loChilkatGlob
    release loTunnel
    return
endif

// Indicate that the background SSH tunnel thread will behave as a SOCKS proxy server
// with dynamic port forwarding:
loTunnel.DynamicPortForwarding = .T.

// We may optionally require that connecting clients authenticate with our SOCKS proxy server.
// To do this, set an inbound username/password.  Any connecting clients would be required to 
// use SOCKS5 with the correct username/password.
// If no inbound username/password is set, then our SOCKS proxy server will accept both
// SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 unauthenticated connections.

loTunnel.InboundSocksUsername = "chilkat123"
loTunnel.InboundSocksPassword = "password123"

// Start the listen/accept thread to begin accepting SOCKS proxy client connections.
// Listen on port 1080.
llSuccess = loTunnel.BeginAccepting(1080)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loTunnel.LastErrorText
    release loChilkatGlob
    release loTunnel
    return
endif

// Now that a background thread is running a SOCKS proxy server that forwards connections
// through an SSH tunnel, it is possible to use any Chilkat implemented protocol that is SOCKS capable,
// such as HTTP, POP3, SMTP, IMAP, FTP, etc.  The protocol may use SSL/TLS because the SSL/TLS
// will be passed through the SSH tunnel to the end-destination.  Also, any number of simultaneous
// connections may be routed through the SSH tunnel.

// For this example, let's do a simple HTTPS request:
lcUrl = "https://www.ethereum.org/"

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// Indicate that the HTTP object is to use our portable SOCKS proxy/SSH tunnel running in our background thread.
loHttp.SocksHostname = "localhost"
loHttp.SocksPort = 1080
loHttp.SocksVersion = 5
loHttp.SocksUsername = "chilkat123"
loHttp.SocksPassword = "password123"

loHttp.SendCookies = .T.
loHttp.SaveCookies = .T.
loHttp.CookieDir = "memory"

// Do the HTTPS page fetch (through the SSH tunnel)
lcHtml = loHttp.QuickGetStr(lcUrl)
if (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loChilkatGlob
    release loTunnel
    release loHttp
    return
endif

// Stop the background listen/accept thread:
llWaitForThreadExit = .T.
llSuccess = loTunnel.StopAccepting(llWaitForThreadExit)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loTunnel.LastErrorText
    release loChilkatGlob
    release loTunnel
    release loHttp
    return
endif

// Close the SSH tunnel (would also kick any remaining connected clients).
llSuccess = loTunnel.CloseTunnel(llWaitForThreadExit)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loTunnel.LastErrorText
    release loChilkatGlob
    release loTunnel
    release loHttp
    return
endif



release loChilkatGlob
release loTunnel
release loHttp