pssh: SSH 2 for Palm OS 5

pssh is a free, open-source SSH 2 client for Palm OS 5.

Features

• SSH 2 protocol using 3DES or AES-128 ciphers
• Fast authentication and encryption using ARM-native code
• Support for public-key authentication and host key verification
• High quality VT100/VT220/xterm terminal emulator
• Up to 80 x 53 character display on 320x320 screen
• Support for large screens with virtual Graffiti areas
• Customizable font colors and sizes
• Full-size on-screen keyboard
• Palm 5-Way Navigator acts as CTRL/ESC key and arrow keys
• Thumb wheel press acts as CTRL/ESC key
• Complete source code distributed under BSD- and MIT-style licenses

WARNING

pssh is substantially UNTESTED and probably INSECURE. Do not use it for security-critical applications.

Download

pssh version 2005-06-23
prc binary (297 KB)
tar.gz archive (157 KB)
zip archive (158 KB)

pssh version 2005-06-23 (source code)
tar.gz archive (430 KB)
zip archive (738 KB)

pssh requires about 300 KB of storage and several hundred KB of heap memory to run.

New in this version:

• Fixed crash during connection when the server sends a login banner.

Current test version: none.
See the release history for older versions, test versions, and change logs.

Documentation

• README: about pssh
• README.licenses: licenses under which pssh is distributed
• README.publickeys: how to use public-key authentication and import keys into pssh
• README.code: some notes for pssh hackers

Mailing lists

pssh-announce: announcements of new versions of pssh
pssh-users: general discussion of pssh

Contact

Send bug reports, feature suggestions, and patches to Greg Parker (gparker-pssh@sealiesoftware.com).

Credits

Greg Parker

http://www.sealiesoftware.com/

Tatu Ylonen, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, and the OpenSSH Project

http://www.openssh.org/

Eric Young and the OpenSSL Project

http://www.openssl.org/

Simon Tatham and the PuTTY Team

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Aaron Gifford

http://www.adg.us/computers/sha.html

Lauri Aarnio

http://www.nixu.fi/~lauri/