WinSSH

WinSSH is a tool to run an SSH server as a non-privileged user on Windows machines.

Features

• Embeds sshd.exe, sshd_config, ssh_host_rsa_key, and authorized_keys into the binary and automatically extracts them when running.
• Accepts a custom port with -p (default: 2222)
• Can run in foreground (-D) or background (default)
• Supports verbose/debug mode with -v
• Prints the PID when running in the background, so it can be stoped with something like Stop-Process <PID>

Build

I made a Makefile to automate the generation os the files needed and the building process.

To build the executable, simply run:

make

Usage

.\WinSSH.exe [-p <port>] [-v] [-D]

Connection

WinSSH will use your id_rsa private key to authenticate to the server, no passwords are needed.

To connect to the server, simply run:

ssh user@target -p 2222