Re: [ros-dev] GSOC 2016 - SSH Service Project

[Mohamed MEDIOUNI]

There is no PowerShell in ReactOS yet, nor any kind of a .NET Framework 
subset. While it doesn't matter for the SSH port, it can be highlighted.

In which *areas* do you want to apply for GSoC?
(networking, services, system, drivers, ...)

Le 06/03/2016 12:26, Anchit Jain a écrit :
>  
>  02.03.2016, 23:23, "Oliver Schneider" <Borbarad(a)gmxpro.net>et>:
> >     Perhaps have a look at
> > <https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH>
> >    which is Microsoft's effort at porting OpenSSH so that it can work with
> >    PowerShell. (They are reusing what NoMachine had done before them.)
> >
> >    AFAIK they culled most of the OpenSSL functions in order to replace it
> >    with Windows crypto, but since the argument of that being proprietary
> >    would not hold in ReactOS, you could possibly use the ReactOS crypto
> >    straight.
> >
> >    Otherwise, from what I know, you can re-enable the use of OpenSSL in it.
> >
> >    // Oliver
> >
> >    On 2016-03-02 17:18, Ged Murphy wrote:
> > >      Why do we want an SSH server in the source?
> > >
> > >     If someone wants to run an SSH server, they can download and install one
> > >     as they would do on Windows.
> > >
> > >     *From:*Ros-dev [mailto:[e-mail]] *On Behalf Of
> > >     *Zachary Gorden
> > >     *Sent:* 02 March 2016 16:58
> > >     *To:* ReactOS Development List &lt;ros-dev(a)reactos.org&gt;
> > >     *Subject:* Re: [ros-dev] GSOC 2016 - SSH Service Project
> > >
> > >     Any SSH server developed for ReactOS would need to be written in C/C++
> > >     and be compilable by both GCC and VC++. So while the expectation is that
> > >     a developer would likely need to pull a SSH library from an existing
> > >     source such as OpenSSH, the server itself will almost certainly need to
> > >     be written from scratch if only because there does not exist as far as I
> > >     am aware of a fully open source SSH server that runs natively on Windows
> > >     without hauling around the likes of cygwin. Apache Mina is written in
> > >     Java and therefore would be inappropriate as a starting base for the SSH
> > >     server project.
> > >
> > >     On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 5:30 AM, Anchit Jain &lt;mailinglist(a)anchitja.in
> > >     <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
> > >
> > >         Hello everyone,
> > >
> > >         I am Anchit Jain, Computer Science undergraduate from BITS PILANI,
> > >         India.
> > >         I am interested in pursuing SSH Service project.
> > >
> > >         I have some experience in Socket Programming and Network Protocol
> > >         development in C. Some of my work could be seen
> > >         at https://github.com/anchitjain1234
> > >        
> > > <https://link.nylas.com/link/ezhvubksgc7dhi29sglp2mpvq/7af2e7b30ed04821b97b5daf7689e7a5/0?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fanchitjain1234>.
> > >
> > >         In past, I have implemented some basic network services like TFTP
> > >         protocol and some minor part of FTP client.
> > >
> > >         Regarding the project :- Would this project require a new SSH Server
> > >         to be written from scratch or to be build upon some existing
> > >         codebase like Apache Mina etc.?
> > >
> > >         I would request potential mentors to guide me for the same.
> > >
> > >         Thanks,
> > >
> > >         Anchit Jain
> > >
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> > >
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>  Thank you so much for explaining things related to the project.
>
>  I looked into Win32-OpenSSH and in design details
> (https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/About%20Win32%20OpenSSH%20…)
> they have explained many of the things that they replaced from OpenBSD systems and how
> they have worked around that.
>
>  Regarding this, yesterday I discussed on IRC where I came to know that React OS is
> compatible with Windows Server 2003 so fork of Win32-OpenSSH theoretically might work
> directly on React OS or might need some minor changes where Win 7+ API would have been
> used.
>
>  So this project mainly reduces to make the fork of Win32-OpenSSH compatible with React
> OS.
>
>  Whether taking this port of SSH to windows can be seen as ok for the GSOC, or not?
>  If not, what other things could be added to make it OK for GSOC?
>
>  Thanks,
>  Anchit Jain
>
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