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SSH Tunnel Set Allowed SSH Algorithms

Demonstrates the Chilkat SshTunnel.SetAllowedAlgorithms method, which restricts the SSH connection to a specific set of algorithms. A JsonObject supplies comma-separated allow-lists for the kex, hostKey, cipher, and mac categories. It must be called before Connect.

Important: You typically should not set allowed algorithms explicitly. By default Chilkat orders algorithms according to best practices and accounts for known vulnerabilities.

Background: SSH negotiates a mutually supported algorithm from each category at connection time, and pinning that choice makes an application brittle: if the server later drops a weak algorithm, the two sides may fail to agree and the tunnel stops working. The legitimate reasons to override are a security policy mandating specific algorithms or a compatibility problem with an old server; otherwise let the library's defaults evolve with current guidance.

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llSuccess = .F.

//  Demonstrates the SshTunnel.SetAllowedAlgorithms method, which restricts the SSH connection to a
//  specific set of algorithms.  The only argument is a JsonObject.  It must be called before
//  Connect.
//  
//  Note: You typically should NOT set allowed algorithms explicitly.  By default Chilkat orders
//  algorithms according to best practices and accounts for known vulnerabilities.  Hard-coding
//  them can make an application brittle if a server later changes its allowed algorithms.

loTunnel = createobject("CkSshTunnel")

//  List the allowed algorithms for each category, in order of preference.
loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.UpdateString("kex","curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256")
loJson.UpdateString("hostKey","ssh-ed25519,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256")
loJson.UpdateString("cipher","chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes256-ctr")
loJson.UpdateString("mac","hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512")

//  Apply the allow-list before connecting.
llSuccess = loTunnel.SetAllowedAlgorithms(loJson)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loTunnel.LastErrorText
    release loTunnel
    release loJson
    return
endif

loTunnel.DestHostname = "db.internal.example.com"
loTunnel.DestPort = 5432

lnSshPort = 22
llSuccess = loTunnel.Connect("ssh.example.com",lnSshPort)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loTunnel.LastErrorText
    release loTunnel
    release loJson
    return
endif

? "Connected."

llWaitForThreadExit = .T.
llSuccess = loTunnel.CloseTunnel(llWaitForThreadExit)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loTunnel.LastErrorText
    release loTunnel
    release loJson
    return
endif



release loTunnel
release loJson