Xojo Plugin

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. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim tunnel As New Chilkat.SshTunnel

Dim sshHostname As String
sshHostname = "www.ssh-serverA.com"
Dim sshPort As Int32
sshPort = 22

// Connect to an SSH server and establish the SSH tunnel:
success = tunnel.Connect(sshHostname,sshPort)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(tunnel.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Authenticate with the SSH server via a login/password
// or with a public key.  
// This example demonstrates SSH password authentication.
success = tunnel.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin","mySshPassword")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(tunnel.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

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

// 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.

tunnel.InboundSocksUsername = "chilkat123"
tunnel.InboundSocksPassword = "password123"

// Start the listen/accept thread to begin accepting SOCKS proxy client connections.
// Listen on port 1080.
success = tunnel.BeginAccepting(1080)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(tunnel.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// 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.

Dim tunnelB As New Chilkat.Socket

// Indicate that the socket object is to use our portable SOCKS proxy/SSH tunnel running in our background thread.
tunnelB.SocksHostname = "localhost"
tunnelB.SocksPort = 1080
tunnelB.SocksVersion = 5
tunnelB.SocksUsername = "chilkat123"
tunnelB.SocksPassword = "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).
success = tunnelB.SshOpenTunnel("www.ssh-serverB.com",22)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(tunnelB.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Authenticate with ssh-serverB.com
success = tunnelB.SshAuthenticatePw("uname","pwd")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(tunnelB.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// 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
Dim channel As New Chilkat.Socket
Dim maxWaitMs As Int32
maxWaitMs = 4000
Dim useTls As Boolean
useTls = False
success = tunnelB.SshNewChannel("time-c.nist.gov",37,useTls,maxWaitMs,channel)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(tunnelB.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// 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
// True or False to indicate success.  If successful, the integer
// is obtained via the ReceivedInt property.
Dim bigEndian As Boolean
bigEndian = True
success = channel.ReceiveInt32(bigEndian)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(channel.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim dt As New Chilkat.CkDateTime
success = dt.SetFromNtpTime(channel.ReceivedInt)

// Show the current local date/time
Dim bLocalTime As Boolean
bLocalTime = True
System.DebugLog("Current local date/time: " + dt.GetAsRfc822(bLocalTime))

// Close the SSH channel.
success = channel.Close(maxWaitMs)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(channel.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Stop the background listen/accept thread:
Dim waitForThreadExit As Boolean
waitForThreadExit = True
success = tunnel.StopAccepting(waitForThreadExit)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(tunnel.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Close the SSH tunnel (would also kick any remaining connected clients).
success = tunnel.CloseTunnel(waitForThreadExit)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(tunnel.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If