JAjauntywundrkind·Aug 15, 2026
You would absolutely not use openssh server for this. That's a terrible idea.
Pick a library.
https://github.com/Eugeny/russh
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8 sourcesSadly my only experience with Pijul was this https://github.com/Eugeny/russh/issues/151.
When one of the key guys behind the VCS says things like "especially when the alternative is something as broken as Git" about other control systems I really don't feel like using said tool.
In Darcs, Friendly Version ControlRuSSH: a Rust SSH client and server library
5 points · Open discussionThere's a few:
https://github.com/gliderlabs/ssh
https://nest.pijul.com/pijul/thrussh
https://github.com/warp-tech/russh
And then there's going the other way...
https://2ton.com.au/HeavyThing/#sshechoserver
Ed: mirage microkernel project has an ocaml ssh lib:
https://github.com/mirage/awa-ssh
In OpenSSH 9.3/9.3p1has it been battle tested for years and has a very solid security track record though?
because that's what I want from an SSH client/server.
Like, yeah, this one's nice but
https://github.com/warp-tech/russh/issues/16
In OpenSSH Pre-Auth Double Free – Writeup and Proof-of-ConceptRust SSH client and server library
1 points · Open discussionThere's russh[1][2]
[1] https://docs.rs/russh/latest/russh/
[2] https://github.com/warp-tech/russh
In OpenSSH Pre-Auth Double Free – Writeup and Proof-of-ConceptIf you're truly interested in this endeavour, there's some people who have a pretty good start on it who I think bear mention [1] [2] [3]
For what it's worth "insisting on writing in C" for a large piece of software that's been a fundamental part of the secure internet for over 20 years now is just matter of momentum. We're talking having to redo the entire stack from the kernel to the drivers, ABI and up in a whole new programming language. It's being done, just keep in mind it's an enormous amount of work to get there.
[1] https://www.redox-os.org/
[2] https://github.com/RustCrypto/SSH
[3] https://github.com/warp-tech/russh
In OpenSSH Pre-Auth Double Free – Writeup and Proof-of-Concept