Rebex Terminal Emulation
Terminal emulation, SSH Shell and Telnet component for .NET
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Standards and platform support

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VT100, VT52, and other terminals #

Supported terminal types:

  • VT52 terminal

    All common features are supported.

  • ANSI terminals

    All common features are supported.

  • VT100 and its successors

    Common features of VT100, VT102, VT201, VT220 supported.
    Works with higher versions such as VT520, VT525 as well (some features are supported).

  • xterm terminal

    Common features are supported.

  • Wise 60

    Experimental support.

  • SCO ANSI

    Experimental support.

  • Pick terminal

    Experimental support.

If you lack any of the less-common features we have not implemented yet, please let us know.

100% managed .NET code with no external dependencies #

  • Rebex Terminal Emulation is written in 100% managed C# code.
  • No external dependencies. It only needs .NET Framework.
  • No open source code used.
  • Fully CLS-compliant.
  • Supports any .NET language (C#, VB.NET, C++/CLI, etc.)
  • Platform-independent code. Same assemblies for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications.

.NET Framework on Windows #

Rebex Terminal Emulation supports the following .NET Framework platforms:

  • .NET Framework 4.8
  • .NET Framework 4.7.x
  • .NET Framework 4.6.x
  • .NET Framework 4.5.x
  • .NET Framework 4.0
  • .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
  • .NET Framework 3.5
  • .NET Framework 3.0
  • .NET Framework 2.0
  • Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions (same DLLs)

Supported IDE versions:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2015
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

Supported Windows versions:

  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows 7

Rebex Terminal Emulation is known to work on Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP3 and Windows Server 2003 R2. However, these platforms already reached end-of-life, which means we cannot guarantee any kind of support for Rebex Terminal Emulation on these operating systems.

.NET Core #

Rebex Terminal Emulation supports .NET Core platform.

Supported frameworks:

  • .NET Core 1.1
  • .NET Core 2.1
  • .NET Core 2.2

Supported operating systems:

  • Windows 10
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 7 (SP1 and higher)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1 and higher)
  • Linux (64-bit)
  • macOS (64-bit)

.NET Standard #

Rebex Terminal Emulation supports .NET Standard 1.5/2.0 on .NET Core 1.1, 2.1 and 2.2. Support for .NET Standard 2.0 on Universal Windows Platform (build 16299 or higher) and Xamarin.Mac (version 3.8 or higher) is experimental.

Mono on Linux #

Rebex Terminal Emulation supports Mono 4.x/5.x on Linux and Apple macOS (OS X).

Terminal Emulation WinForms control is supported on Windows (.NET) and Linux (Mono). UI-less classes work fine on Apple macOS/OS X as well.

Xamarin.Mac is not supported yet. Write to us if you need it.

.NET Compact Framework on handhelds and mobiles #

Rebex Terminal Emulation supports Microsoft legacy handheld and mobile platforms.

Supported frameworks:

  • .NET Compact Framework 3.5
  • .NET Compact Framework 3.9

Supported mobile operating systems:

  • Windows CE 5.0, 6.x
  • Pocket PC
  • Windows Mobile
  • Windows Embedded Compact 7
  • Windows Embedded Compact 2013

Supported IDE versions:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2013

Only the UI-less classes are supported on this platform. See mobile features page for details.

Xamarin.iOS #

  • Visual Studio with Xamarin.iOS 10.3 or later
  • iOS 10 or later

Only the UI-less classes are supported on this platform. See mobile features page for details.

Xamarin.Android #

  • Visual Studio with Xamarin.Android 8.0 or later

Only UI-less classes are supported on this platform. See mobile features page for details.

Xamarin.Mac #

Rebex Terminal Emulation features experimental support for Xamarin.Mac 3.8 or later via .NET Standard 2.0.

Only UI-less classes are supported on this platform. See mobile features page for details.

Universal Windows Platform #

Rebex Terminal Emulation features experimental support for Universal Windows Platform (UWP/UAP) applications on Windows 10 via .NET Standard 2.0.

Supported platforms:

  • Windows 10 (version 1709 or higher)
  • Windows 10 IoT (version 1709 or higher)

In order to use Rebex Terminal Emulation on these platforms, make sure to specify at least Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (10.0; Build 16299) in your Universal Windows project.

Only UI-less classes are supported on this platform. See mobile features page for details.

Only UI-less classes are supported on this platform. See mobile features page for details.

Legacy platform support #

For details of legacy platforms support see the following articles:

Internet RFC specifications #

Rebex Terminal Emulation supports SSH2 protocol and implements the following specifications:

Other RFCs:

SSH1 is not supported - it is no longer considered secure and has been considered deprecated more than 15 years ago.

Please note that some non-essential features might not be supported. Let us know if you need to add anything.

FIPS 140-2 mode #

Rebex Terminal Emulation can operate in a FIPS 140-2 compliant mode. When enabled, only FIPS-approved cryptographic modules from MS CryptoAPI are used. FIPS mode is activated automatically when Windows is running in FIPS mode. To switch on the FIPS mode manually, set
Rebex.Security.Cryptography.CryptoHelper.UseFipsAlgorithmsOnly to true.

Proxy servers #

  • SOCKS4
  • SOCKS4a (Socks4 with domain name resolving)
  • SOCKS5
  • HTTP proxies with CONNECT method support
  • Tunneling through SSH servers

Learn how to use proxy servers in Rebex Terminal Emulation.

Cryptographic algorithms #

  • Diffie-Hellman key exchange
  • RSA
  • DSA (with support of non-standard key sizes of up to 4096 bits)
  • Tripple DES
  • ArcFour (compatible with RC4)
  • AES (Rijndael)
  • Blowfish
  • Twofish
  • CTR and CBC block cipher modes
  • SHA-1
  • SHA-2 (SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512)
  • MD5

Learn more about SSH security settings.

Private key formats #

  • PKCS #8 keys
  • PuTTY .ppk keys
  • OpenSSH/OpenSSL (SSLeay) keys
  • Keys on smart cards
  • Certificate-based keys

Learn more about private keys in Rebex Terminal Emulation.

Scripting platforms #

Rebex Terminal Emulation is designed primary for use in .NET framework applications. However, it can be used in several other scripting and hosting environments:

  • Microsoft SQL Server SSIS packages
  • Microsoft SQL Server SQL CLR stored procedures
  • Microsoft PowerShell scripts

See how to use Rebex Terminal Emulation in SSIS, SQL CLR and PowerShell environments.

Asynchronous operations #

Ssh object supports Task-based Asynchronous Pattern (TAP, introduced by .NET 4.0), which makes it possible to use the 'await' operator in .NET 4.5. Legacy IAsyncResult pattern (Begin/End methods) is supported as well.

Other technologies #