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(MFC) SSH Tunnel Inside another SSH Tunnel

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

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkSshTunnel.h>
#include <CkSocket.h>
#include <CkDateTime.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    // This example requires Chilkat version 9.5.0.50 or greater.
    CkSshTunnel tunnel;

    const char *sshHostname = "www.ssh-serverA.com";
    int sshPort = 22;

    // Connect to an SSH server and establish the SSH tunnel:
    bool success = tunnel.Connect(sshHostname,sshPort);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(tunnel.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // 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 != true) {
        strOut.append(tunnel.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Indicate that the background SSH tunnel thread will behave as a SOCKS proxy server
    // with dynamic port forwarding:
    tunnel.put_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.put_InboundSocksUsername("chilkat123");
    tunnel.put_InboundSocksPassword("password123");

    // Start the listen/accept thread to begin accepting SOCKS proxy client connections.
    // Listen on port 1080.
    success = tunnel.BeginAccepting(1080);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(tunnel.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // 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.

    CkSocket tunnelB;

    // Indicate that the socket object is to use our portable SOCKS proxy/SSH tunnel running in our background thread.
    tunnelB.put_SocksHostname("localhost");
    tunnelB.put_SocksPort(1080);
    tunnelB.put_SocksVersion(5);
    tunnelB.put_SocksUsername("chilkat123");
    tunnelB.put_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 != true) {
        strOut.append(tunnelB.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Authenticate with ssh-serverB.com
    success = tunnelB.SshAuthenticatePw("uname","pwd");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(tunnelB.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // 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
    CkSocket *channel = 0;
    int maxWaitMs = 4000;
    bool useTls = false;
    channel = tunnelB.SshOpenChannel("time-c.nist.gov",37,useTls,maxWaitMs);
    if (tunnelB.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        strOut.append(tunnelB.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // 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.
    bool bigEndian = true;
    success = channel->ReceiveInt32(bigEndian);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(channel->lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        delete channel;
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    CkDateTime dt;
    dt.SetFromNtpTime(channel->get_ReceivedInt());

    // Show the current local date/time
    bool bLocalTime = true;
    strOut.append("Current local date/time: ");
    strOut.append(dt.getAsRfc822(bLocalTime));
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Close the SSH channel.
    success = channel->Close(maxWaitMs);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(channel->lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        delete channel;
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    delete channel;

    // Stop the background listen/accept thread:
    bool waitForThreadExit = true;
    success = tunnel.StopAccepting(waitForThreadExit);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(tunnel.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Close the SSH tunnel (would also kick any remaining connected clients).
    success = tunnel.CloseTunnel(waitForThreadExit);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(tunnel.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }



    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }

 

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