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.

wolfSSH
Developer(s)John Safranek
Initial releaseJuly 20, 2016 (2016-07-20)[1]
Stable release
1.4.18[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 22 July 2024
Repository
Written inC language
Operating systemMulti-platform
TypeSecurity library
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later or proprietary license
Websitewww.wolfssl.com/products/wolfssh/

Platforms

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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

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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

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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

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  • diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
  • diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
  • diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
  • ecdh-sha2-nistp256
  • ecdh-sha2-nistp384
  • ecdh-sha2-nistp521

Public key

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  • ssh-rsa
  • ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
  • ecdsa-sha2-nistp384
  • ecdsa-sha2-nistp521

Integrity

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  • hmac-sha1
  • hmac-sha1-96
  • hmac-sha2-256

Encryption

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  • aes128-cbc
  • aes128-gcm (OpenSSH compatible)

Licensing

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wolfSSH is open source and dual licensed under both the GNU GPL-3.0-or-later[4] and commercial licensing.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "wolfSSH ChangeLog".
  2. ^ "Release 1.4.18". 22 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. ^ wolfCrypt Usage Reference
  4. ^ "Licensing Information". Archived from the original on 2021-08-18.
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