Route Socket Connections through an SSH Object

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Demonstrates Socket.UseSsh, which configures a socket to route subsequent Connect calls through an already connected and authenticated Ssh object using SSH port forwarding.

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

set ssh = CreateObject("Chilkat.Ssh")

'  Connect and authenticate a standalone SSH object.
success = ssh.Connect("ssh.example.com",22)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  The SSH password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
sshPassword = "mySshPassword"
success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("sshUser",sshPassword)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

set socket = CreateObject("Chilkat.Socket")

'  Route subsequent Connect calls through the already connected and authenticated SSH object.  The
'  destination is reached by SSH port forwarding rather than by a direct TCP connection.
success = socket.UseSsh(ssh)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(socket.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Connect to the destination through the SSH tunnel.
bTls = 0
maxWaitMs = 5000
success = socket.Connect("db.internal",5432,bTls,maxWaitMs)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(socket.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Connected to the destination through the SSH tunnel.")

outFile.Close