Tcl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

SSH Tunnel Inside another SSH Tunnel

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Demonstrates how to create a TCP/IP socket connection through an SSH tunnel that is dynamic port forwarded through another SSH tunnel. Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

set tunnel [new_CkSshTunnel]

set sshHostname "www.ssh-serverA.com"
set sshPort 22

#  Connect to an SSH server and establish the SSH tunnel:
set success [CkSshTunnel_Connect $tunnel $sshHostname $sshPort]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSshTunnel_lastErrorText $tunnel]
    delete_CkSshTunnel $tunnel
    exit
}

#  Authenticate with the SSH server via a login/password
#  or with a public key.  
#  This example demonstrates SSH password authentication.
set success [CkSshTunnel_AuthenticatePw $tunnel "mySshLogin" "mySshPassword"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSshTunnel_lastErrorText $tunnel]
    delete_CkSshTunnel $tunnel
    exit
}

#  Indicate that the background SSH tunnel thread will behave as a SOCKS proxy server
#  with dynamic port forwarding:
CkSshTunnel_put_DynamicPortForwarding $tunnel 1

#  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.

CkSshTunnel_put_InboundSocksUsername $tunnel "chilkat123"
CkSshTunnel_put_InboundSocksPassword $tunnel "password123"

#  Start the listen/accept thread to begin accepting SOCKS proxy client connections.
#  Listen on port 1080.
set success [CkSshTunnel_BeginAccepting $tunnel 1080]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSshTunnel_lastErrorText $tunnel]
    delete_CkSshTunnel $tunnel
    exit
}

#  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, Socket, 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.

set tunnelB [new_CkSocket]

#  Indicate that the socket object is to use our portable SOCKS proxy/SSH tunnel running in our background thread.
CkSocket_put_SocksHostname $tunnelB "localhost"
CkSocket_put_SocksPort $tunnelB 1080
CkSocket_put_SocksVersion $tunnelB 5
CkSocket_put_SocksUsername $tunnelB "chilkat123"
CkSocket_put_SocksPassword $tunnelB "password123"

#  Open a new SSH tunnel through the existing tunnel (via what we treat as a SOCKS5 proxy,
#  but it is actually a dynamic port-forwarded SSH tunnel).
set success [CkSocket_SshOpenTunnel $tunnelB "www.ssh-serverB.com" 22]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSocket_lastErrorText $tunnelB]
    delete_CkSshTunnel $tunnel
    delete_CkSocket $tunnelB
    exit
}

#  Authenticate with ssh-serverB.com
set success [CkSocket_SshAuthenticatePw $tunnelB "uname" "pwd"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSocket_lastErrorText $tunnelB]
    delete_CkSshTunnel $tunnel
    delete_CkSocket $tunnelB
    exit
}

#  OK, the SSH tunnel (within a tunnel) is setup.  Now open a channel within the tunnel.
#  Once the channel is obtained, the Socket API may
#  be used exactly the same as usual, except all communications
#  are sent through the channel in the SSH tunnel.
#  Any number of channels may be created from the same SSH tunnel.
#  Multiple channels may coexist at the same time.

#  Connect to an NIST time server and read the current date/time
set channel [new_CkSocket]

set maxWaitMs 4000
set useTls 0
set success [CkSocket_SshNewChannel $tunnelB "time-c.nist.gov" 37 $useTls $maxWaitMs $channel]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSocket_lastErrorText $tunnelB]
    delete_CkSshTunnel $tunnel
    delete_CkSocket $tunnelB
    delete_CkSocket $channel
    exit
}

#  The time server will send a big-endian 32-bit integer representing
#  the number of seconds since since 00:00 (midnight) 1 January 1900 GMT.
#  The ReceiveInt32 method will receive a 4-byte integer, but returns
#  1 or 0 to indicate success.  If successful, the integer
#  is obtained via the ReceivedInt property.
set bigEndian 1
set success [CkSocket_ReceiveInt32 $channel $bigEndian]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSocket_lastErrorText $channel]
    delete_CkSshTunnel $tunnel
    delete_CkSocket $tunnelB
    delete_CkSocket $channel
    exit
}

set dt [new_CkDateTime]

CkDateTime_SetFromNtpTime $dt [CkSocket_get_ReceivedInt $channel]

#  Show the current local date/time
set bLocalTime 1
puts "Current local date/time: [CkDateTime_getAsRfc822 $dt $bLocalTime]"

#  Close the SSH channel.
set success [CkSocket_Close $channel $maxWaitMs]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSocket_lastErrorText $channel]
    delete_CkSshTunnel $tunnel
    delete_CkSocket $tunnelB
    delete_CkSocket $channel
    delete_CkDateTime $dt
    exit
}

#  Stop the background listen/accept thread:
set waitForThreadExit 1
set success [CkSshTunnel_StopAccepting $tunnel $waitForThreadExit]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSshTunnel_lastErrorText $tunnel]
    delete_CkSshTunnel $tunnel
    delete_CkSocket $tunnelB
    delete_CkSocket $channel
    delete_CkDateTime $dt
    exit
}

#  Close the SSH tunnel (would also kick any remaining connected clients).
set success [CkSshTunnel_CloseTunnel $tunnel $waitForThreadExit]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSshTunnel_lastErrorText $tunnel]
    delete_CkSshTunnel $tunnel
    delete_CkSocket $tunnelB
    delete_CkSocket $channel
    delete_CkDateTime $dt
    exit
}


delete_CkSshTunnel $tunnel
delete_CkSocket $tunnelB
delete_CkSocket $channel
delete_CkDateTime $dt