sshj - SSHv2 library for Java
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To get started, have a look at one of the examples. Hopefully you will find the API pleasant to work with :)

Features of the library include:

* reading known_hosts files for host key verification
* publickey, password and keyboard-interactive authentication
* command, subsystem and shell channels
* local and remote port forwarding
* scp + complete sftp version 0-3 implementation

Implementations / adapters for the following algorithms are included:

ciphers
  ``aes{128,192,256}-{cbc,ctr}``, ``blowfish-cbc``, ``3des-cbc``

key exchange
  ``diffie-hellman-group1-sha1``, ``diffie-hellman-group14-sha1``

signatures
  ``ssh-rsa``, ``ssh-dss``

mac
  ``hmac-md5``, ``hmac-md5-96``, ``hmac-sha1``, ``hmac-sha1-96``

compression
  ``zlib`` and ``zlib@openssh.com`` (delayed zlib)

private key files
   ``pkcs8`` encoded (what openssh uses)

If you need something that is not included, it shouldn't be too hard to add (do contribute it!)


Dependencies
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Java 6+. slf4j_ is required. bouncycastle_ is highly recommended and required for using some of the crypto algorithms. jzlib_ is required for using zlib compression.


Help and discussion
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There is a `google group`_.


Contributing
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Fork away!


.. _slf4j: http://www.slf4j.org/download.html

.. _bouncycastle: http://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html

.. _jzlib: http://www.jcraft.com/jzlib/

.. _`google group`: http://groups.google.com/group/sshj