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Secure Shell (SSH) encrypts communications between hosts over an insecure network, and it's great for logging into and executing commands on networked computers. It's also useful for tunneling, port-forwarding and secure file transfers using the SFTP protocol.
Unfortunately, most SSH packages are designed for PC's, not devices. That means that they can be somewhat unwieldy in memory-constrained device environments... and the performance of typical commercial or open-source SSH offerings can be pretty disappointing, as well.
NanoSSH™ is the answer.
NanoSSH is Mocana's super-fast, super-small SSH client/server toolkit specifically designed to speed product development while providing best-in-class device security services for resource-constrained environments. And it's surprisingly affordable: the NanoSSH total cost of ownership is usually less than open source SSH packages. (Try our "build vs. buy" calculator, here.)
NanoSSH Features
Mocana's NanoSSH™ embedded SSH client/server secures Telnet communications between devices or between a devices and a back-end SSH management console or SFTP Server. NanoSSH is a very small, very fast open standards-based solution that enables secure communications to any other device or CLI management console over any network.
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NanoSSH™ is the smallest, fastest, best-
supported
SSH implementation on the market. |
Very High Performance
NanoSSH, like all of Mocana's device security solutions, is designed with an asynchronous core to fully leverage hardware acceleration. NanoSSH throughput typically outperforms open source SSH packages by a factor of 4x or better, depending on the platform.
Ultra-Small Size
Optimized for size and memory usage, the NanoSSH client has been specifically designed and written to operate on resource-constrained devices, requiring as little as 70KB code in ROM. This is less than one-fifth the size of the typical open source SSH client.
Full (not partial) IETF RFC Compliance
- SSH File Transfer Protocol, v2, v3 and v4
- RFC-4250, The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Assigned Numbers
- RFC-4251, The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Architecture
- RFC-4252, The Secure Shell (SSH) Authentication Protocol
- RFC-4253, The Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol
- RFC-4254, The Secure Shell (SSH) Connection Protocol (partially supported)
- RFC-4344, The Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Encryption Modes
Rich Algorithmic Support
Public Key
- Diffie-Hellman DSA/DSS 512-1024 (random) bits per NIST specification
Symmetric Cryptography
- AES128-CBC
- AES192-CBC
- AES256-CBC
- RIJNDAEL128-CBC
- RIJNDAEL192-CBC
- RIJNDAEL256-CBC
- BLOWFISH-128-CBC
- 3DES-192-CBC
- ARCFOUR-128
Message Digest
- HMAC-SHA1-96
- HMAC-SHA1-160
- HMAC-MD5-9
- HMAC-MD5-128
Authentication
- Password
- DSA Public-Key 3072-bits
- RSA Key Exchange
NanoSSH Benefits
Works Where Others Won't
NanoSSH fits into the smallest memory crannies where other SSH implementation simply can't... and open-source implementations can't hold a candle to NanoSSH's throughput performance.
Platform Independent
NanoSSH, like all of Mocana's device security toolkits, is CPU-architecture and platform independent. NanoSSH is immediately available for over 100 processor/OS combinations, and ports to new platforms can typically be completed in 2 hours. Platforms supported out-of-the-box include Linux, Monta Vista Linux, VxWorks, OSE, Nucleus, Solaris, ThreadX, Windows, MacOS X, (ARC) MQX, pSOS, and Cygwin. NanoSSH is endian-neutral, and can be used without an RTOS if required.
No Crypto Expertise Required
NanoSSH features an extremely powerful, but simple and easy-to-use API. That's because we built it for ease-of-use and ease of installation from the ground up. You don't need to be a crypto expert, because NanoSSH hides all of the complexity of the cryptography. You can focus on your development project, and let NanoSSH worry about the security. Plus Mocana's developer support team is always available to answer your questions about crypto, our toolkits, or embedded development in general.
Dramatically Speeds Your Development Cycle
NanoSSH is a ready-made, pre-optimized and exhaustively tested SSH solution that frees your in-house development resources to focus on what's really important: the functionality of your project. NanoSSH's advanced, well-documented APIs speed development & integration efforts and significantly ease customization. NanoSSH allows you to develop proprietary systems while giving you the freedom to substitute in the commercially-available components you choose. As always, Mocana's developer support team is available 24/7/365 to help you anytime.
Less Expensive than OpenSSH
While open source SSH implementations are "free", they usually end up costing a lot more than Mocana NanoSSH. Click here for our free "build vs. buy" calculator. Or here for a free source code evaluation of NanoSSH and a quote.
NanoSSH Architecture
Other Mocana Solutions
In addition to our NanoSSH security solution, Mocana also develops an embedded SSL / TLS client and server (NanoSSL), a RADIUS client (NanoRADIUS), an embedded IPsec & IKE (NanoSec) and an EAP/802.1X wireless solution including wireless supplicants (NanoEAP). All Mocana's solutions are among the very smallest and fastest protocol implementations on the market. Mocana solutions have an asynchronous core to fully leverage hardware acceleration and are developed with ease of use and performance in mind. All come with Mocana's comprehensive support and maintenance and are available either individually or as a bundle as part of the Mocana Device Security Framework.
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