The Secure Shell (SSH) protocol API is used to establish a
secure connection with a server which provides a virtual terminal
session for a user. Its functionality is similar to how character
based consoles and serial terminals work, enabling a user to login
to the server, execute commands and interact with applications
running on the remote host. The library provides an interface for
establishing the connection and handling the standard I/O functions
needed by the program. It also provides functions that enable a
program to easily scan the data stream for specific sequences of
characters, making it very simple to write light-weight client
interfaces to applications running on the server. This library can
be combined with the Terminal Emulation library to provide complete
terminal emulation services for a standard ANSI or DEC-VT220
terminal.
A SocketTools Secure Library Edition license must be purchased
to use this library.
This library is supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows
Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. If you are
using Windows 2000, it is required that you have Service Pack (SP4)
installed. If you are using Windows XP, it is required that you
have at least Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed and it is recommended
that you install Internet Explorer 7.0. It is also recommended that
all critical updates to the Windows operating system be
installed.
The SocketTools Library Edition libraries are compatible with
any development environment that supports calling functions
exported from a standard dynamic link library (DLL). This includes
Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2003, Visual Studio 2005 and
Visual Studio 2008. If you are using Visual Basic 6.0 or Visual C++
6.0, it is required that you have Service Pack 6 (SP6) installed.
If you are using Visual Studio .NET 2003, it is recommended that
you install Service Pack 1 (SP1). In all cases, it is recommended
that you have the current updates for your development tools
installed.