Xbase++

SSH Tunnel with Dynamic Port Forwarding

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Demonstrates how to start a background thread that runs a portable SSH tunnel w/ dynamic port forwarding that the foreground thread can use for establishing connections through an SSH tunnel. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oTunnel
LOCAL cSshHostname
LOCAL nSshPort
LOCAL cUrl
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL cHtml
LOCAL nWaitForThreadExit

nSuccess := 0

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

nSuccess := 0

oTunnel := CreateObject("Chilkat.SshTunnel")

cSshHostname := "sftp.example.com"
nSshPort := 22

//  Connect to an SSH server and establish the SSH tunnel:
nSuccess := oTunnel:Connect(cSshHostname, nSshPort)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oTunnel:LastErrorText
    oTunnel:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Authenticate with the SSH server via a login/password
//  or with a public key.  
//  This example demonstrates SSH password authentication.
nSuccess := oTunnel:AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin", "mySshPassword")
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oTunnel:LastErrorText
    oTunnel:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Indicate that the background SSH tunnel thread will behave as a SOCKS proxy server
//  with dynamic port forwarding:
oTunnel:DynamicPortForwarding := 1

//  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.

oTunnel:InboundSocksUsername := "chilkat123"
oTunnel:InboundSocksPassword := "password123"

//  Start the listen/accept thread to begin accepting SOCKS proxy client connections.
//  Listen on port 1080.
nSuccess := oTunnel:BeginAccepting(1080)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oTunnel:LastErrorText
    oTunnel:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  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, 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.

//  For this example, let's do a simple HTTPS request:
cUrl := "https://www.ethereum.org/"

oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

//  Indicate that the HTTP object is to use our portable SOCKS proxy/SSH tunnel running in our background thread.
oHttp:SocksHostname := "localhost"
oHttp:SocksPort := 1080
oHttp:SocksVersion := 5
oHttp:SocksUsername := "chilkat123"
oHttp:SocksPassword := "password123"

oHttp:SendCookies := 1
oHttp:SaveCookies := 1
oHttp:CookieDir := "memory"

//  Do the HTTPS page fetch (through the SSH tunnel)
cHtml := oHttp:QuickGetStr(cUrl)
IF (oHttp:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? oHttp:LastErrorText
    oTunnel:destroy()
    oHttp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Stop the background listen/accept thread:
nWaitForThreadExit := 1
nSuccess := oTunnel:StopAccepting(nWaitForThreadExit)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oTunnel:LastErrorText
    oTunnel:destroy()
    oHttp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Close the SSH tunnel (would also kick any remaining connected clients).
nSuccess := oTunnel:CloseTunnel(nWaitForThreadExit)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oTunnel:LastErrorText
    oTunnel:destroy()
    oHttp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oTunnel:destroy()
oHttp:destroy()