CHANGES - net-ssh 6.0.0.beta1

6.0.0 beta1¶ ↑

* curve25519sha256 support [Florian Wininger ,#690]
* disabled insecure algs [Florian Wininger , #709]

5.2.0¶ ↑

5.2.0.rc3¶ ↑

* Fix check_host_ip read from config
* Support ssh-ed25519 in kown hosts

5.2.0.rc2¶ ↑

* Read check_host_ip from ssh config files

5.2.0.rc1¶ ↑

* Interpret * and ? in know_hosts file [Romain Tartière, #660]
* New :check_host_ip so ip checking can be disabled in known hosts [Romain Tartière, #656]

5.1.0¶ ↑

5.1.0.rc1¶ ↑

* Support new OpenSSH private key format for rsa - bcrypt for rsa (ed25519 already supported) [#646]
* Support IdentityAgent is ssh config [Frank Groeneveld, #645]
* Improve Match processing in ssh config [Aleksandrs Ļedovskis, #642]
* Ignore signature verification when verify_host_key is never [Piotr Kliczewski, #641]
* Alg preference was changed to prefer stronger encryptions  [Tray, #637]

5.0.2¶ ↑

* fix ctr for jruby [#612]

5.0.1¶ ↑

* default_keys were not loaded even if no keys or key_data options specified [#607]

5.0.0¶ ↑

* Breaking change: ed25519 now requires ed25519 gem instead of RbNaCl gem [#563]
* Verify_host_key options rename (true, false, :very, :secure depreacted new equivalents are :never, :accept_new_or_local_tunnel :accept_new :always) [Jared Beck, #595]

5.0.0.rc2¶ ↑

* Add .dll extensions to dlopen on cygwin [#603]
* Fix host certificate validation [#601]

5.0.0.rc1¶ ↑

* Fix larger than 4GB file transfers [#599]
* Update HTTP proxy to version 1.1 [Connor Dunn, #597]

5.0.0.beta2¶ ↑

* Support for sha256 pubkey fingerprint [Tom Maher, #585]
* Don't try to load default_keys if key_data option is used [Josh Larson, #589]
* Added fingerprint_hash defaulting to SHA256 as fingerprint format, and MD5 can be used as an option [Miklós Fazekas, #591]

5.0.0.beta1¶ ↑

* Don't leave proxy command as zombie on timeout [DimitriosLisenko, #560]
* Use OpenSSL for aes*-ctr for up to 5x throughput improvement [Miklós Fazekas, Harald Sitter, #570]
* Optimize slice! usage in CTR for up to 2x throughput improvement [Harald Sitter, #569]
* Replace RbNaCl dependency with ed25519 gem [Tony Arcieri ,#563]
* Add initial Match support [Kasumi Hanazuki,  #553]

4.2.0.rc2¶ ↑

* Fix double close bug on auth failure (or ruby 2.2 or earlier) [#538]

4.2.0.rc1¶ ↑

* Improved logging with proxy command [Dmitriy Ivliev, #530]
* Close transport on proxy error [adamruzicka, #526]
* Support multiple identity files [Kimura Masayuki, #528]
* Move `none` cipher to end of cipher list [Brian Cain, #525]
* Deprecate `:paranoid` in favor of `:verify_host_key` [Jared Beck, #524]
* Support Multile Include ssh config files [Kasumi Hanazuki, #516]
* Support Relative path in ssh confif files [Akinori MUSHA, #510]
* add direct-streamlocal@openssh.com support in Forward class [Harald Sitter, #502]

4.1.0¶ ↑

4.1.0.rc1¶ ↑

* ProxyJump support [Ryan McGeary, #500]
* Fix agent detection on Windows [Christian Koehler, #495]

4.1.0.beta1¶ ↑

* Fix nil error when libsodium is not there [chapmajs ,#488]
* SSH certificate support for client auth [David Bartley, #485]

4.0.1¶ ↑

4.0.1.rc2¶ ↑

* ENV["HOME"] might be empty so filter non expandable paths [Matt Casper, #351]

4.0.1.rc1¶ ↑

* support of rbnacl 4.0 and better error message [#479]
* support include in config files [Kimura Masayuki, #475]
* fixed issue with ruby 2.2 or older on windows [#472]

4.0.0¶ ↑

4.0.0.rc3¶ ↑

* parse `+` character in config files [Christoph Lupprich, #470, #314]

4.0.0.rc2¶ ↑

* Fixed OpenSSL 2.0/Ruby 2.4.0 warnings [Miklós Fazekas, #468]
* Added ssh-ed25519 to KnownHosts:SUPPORTED_TYPE [detatka-kuzlatka-otevrete, Miklós Fazekas, #459]
* Allow nil for :passhrase and passing in nil option is now a depreaction warning [Miklós Fazekas, #465]

4.0.0.rc1¶ ↑

* Allow :password to be nil for capistrano v2 compatibility [Will Bryant, #357]
* In next_packet if prefer consuming buffer before filling it again if we have enough data [Miklós Fazekas, #454]

4.0.0.beta4¶ ↑

* Added exitstatus method to exec's return [Miklós Fazekas, #452]
* Don't raise from exec if server closes transport just after channel close [Miklós Fazekas, #450]
* Removed java_pageant, as jruby should be using regular pagent impl [Miklós Fazekas, ]
* Use SSH_AUTH_SOCK if possible on windows (cygwin) [Miklós Fazekas, Martin Dürst, #365, #361]
* HTTPS proxy support [Marcus Ilgner, #432]
* Supports ruby 2.4.0.dev new exception type from OpenSSL::PKey.read

4.0.0.beta3¶ ↑

* Fix Net::SSH::Disconnect exceptions when channels are closed cleanly [Miklos Fazekas, #421, #422]

4.0.0.beta2¶ ↑

* Fix raiseUnlessLoaded undefined ERROR issue [Miklos Fazekas, #418]

4.0.0.beta1¶ ↑

Fix pageant [elconas, #235]
Relaxed rbnacl,rbnacl-selenium contstraints ang give better errors about them [Miklos Fazekas, #398]
Fix UTF-8 encoding issues [Ethan J. Brown, #407]

4.0.0.alpha4¶ ↑

Experimental event loop abstraction [Miklos Fazekas]
RbNacl dependency is optional [Miklos Fazekas]
agent_socket_factory option [Alon Goldboim]
client sends KEXINIT, it doesn't have to wait for server [Miklos Fazekas]
better error message when option is nil [Kane Morgan]
prompting can be customized [Miklos Fazekas]

4.0.0.alpha3¶ ↑

added max_select_wait_time [Eugene Kenny]

4.0.0.alpha2¶ ↑

when transport closes we're cleaning up channels [Miklos Fazekas]

4.0.0.alpha1¶ ↑

ed25519 key support [Miklos Fazekas]
removed camellia [Miklos Fazekas]

3.1.0¶ ↑

3.1.0.rc1¶ ↑

fix Secure#verify [Jean Boussier]
use the smallest of don't spend longer time than keepalive if it's configured [Eugene Kenny]

3.1.0.beta3¶ ↑

forward/on_open_failed should stop listning closed socket otherwise it locks #269 [Miklos Fazekas,Scott McGillivray]
fix incorrect pattern handling in config files #310 [Miklos Fazekas]

3.1.0.beta2¶ ↑

trying to execute something on a not yet opend channel throws nicer messag [Miklos Fazekas]
calling close on a not opened channel marks the channel for close [Miklos Fazekas]
read keepalive configuration from ssh config files [Miklos Fazekas]
send client version on hadshake before waiting for server to reduce handshake time [Miklos Fazekas]
allow custom Net::SSH::KnownHosts implementations [Jean Boussier]
memoize known host so we only search it once per session [Jean Boussier, Miklos Fazekas]

3.0.2¶ ↑

3.0.2.rc1¶ ↑

fixed rare WaitWritable error with proxy commands [Miklos Fazkas, Andre Meij]]
if Net::SSH.start user is nil and config has no entry we default to Etc.getlogin
Bugfix: CHANNEL_CLOSE was sent before draining ouput buffer #280 [Christopher F. Auston]

3.0.1¶ ↑

3.0.1.rc1¶ ↑

Breaking change from 2.* series: exec! without block now returns empty string instread of nil if command has no output [github.com/net-ssh/net-ssh/pull/273]
Support remote_user as %r in proxy commands [Dominic Scheirlinck]
Raise Net::SSH::ConnectionTimeout from connection timeout [Carl Hoerberg]

3.0.0.rc1¶ ↑

SemVer: Major version change because of dropping of ruby 1.9

2.10.1.rc2¶ ↑

Win: Use fiddle on ruby 2.1 too [Charlie Savage]

2.10.1.rc1¶ ↑

Added ruby 2.0 requirement to gemspec [Alex Schultz]

2.10.0¶ ↑

2.10.0-beta2¶ ↑

Fix :passphrase option with :non_interactive [Jeremy Stanley]
Use Socket.tcp with connect_timeout instead of Timeout::timeout [Carl Hörberg]
Support for hostname hashes [Jef Mathiot]
Ruby 1.9.3 is no longer supported but should moslty work expect for stuff like connect_timeout

2.10.0-beta1¶ ↑

Fix could not parse PKey error. [Andrey Voronkov]
Workaround for threading issue in MRI + singleton method declaration [Matt Brictson]
Configuration change: we no longer append all supported algorithms, this is so you can exclude insecure algorithms. If you want to use the old behaviour specify append_all_supported_algorithms => true [voidus, mfazekas]
New configuration option: :non_interactive => true in case you prefer an authmethod to fail rather than prompt. [mfazekas]
Configuration change: password will now ask for password up to the :number_of_password_prompts times. If you want the

2.9.1 behaviour of never asking password please set number_of_password_prompts to 0.

2.9.4-beta1¶ ↑

Use sysread and syswrite on Windows instead of read_nonblock and write [marc-etienne]
Windows/peagant: use fiddle on ruby 2.2+/windows [Charlie Savage]
Check if ssh key is a file [kiela]

2.9.3¶ ↑

2.9.2-rc3¶ ↑

Remove advertised algorithms that were not working (curve25519-sha256@libssh.org) [mfazekas]

2.9.2-rc2¶ ↑

number_of_password_prompts is now accepted as ssh option, by setting it 0 net-ssh will not ask for password for password auth as with previous versions [mfazekas]

2.9.2-rc1¶ ↑

Documentation fixes and refactoring to keepalive [detiber, mfazekas]

2.9.2-beta¶ ↑

Remove advertised algorithms that were not working (ssh-rsa-cert-* *ed25519 acm*-gcm@openssh.com) [mfazekas]
Unknown algorithms now ignored instead of failed [mfazekas]
Configuration change: Asks for password with password auth (up to number_of_password_prompts) [mfazekas]
Removed warnings [amatsuda]

2.9.1 / 13 May 2014¶ ↑

Fix for unknown response from agent on Windows with 64-bit PuTTY [chrahunt]
Support negative patterns in host lookup from the SSH config file [nirvdrum]

2.9.0 / 30 Apr 2014¶ ↑

New ciphers [chr4]
- Added host keys: ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com ssh-rsa-cert-v00@openssh.com ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com ssh-ed25519
- Added HMACs: hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com umac-128-etm@openssh.com
- Added Kex: aes256-gcm@openssh.com aes128-gcm@openssh.com curve25519-sha256@libssh.org
- Added private key support for id_ed25519
IdentiesOnly will not disable ssh_agent - fixes #148 and new fix for #137 [mfazekas]
Ignore errors during ssh agent negotiation [simonswine, jasiek]
Added an optional “options” argument to test socket open method [jefmathiot]
Added gem signing (again) with new cert [delano]

2.8.1 / 19 Feb 2014¶ ↑

Correct location of global known_hosts files [mfischer-zd]
Fix for password authentication [blackpond, zachlipton, delano]

2.8.0 / 01 Feb 2014¶ ↑

Handle ssh-rsa and ssh-dss certificate files [bobveznat]
Correctly interpret /etc/ssh_config Authentication settings based on openssh /etc/ssh_config system defaults [therealjessesanford, liggitt]
Fixed pageant support for Windows [jarredholman]
Support %r in ProxyCommand configuration in ssh_config files as defined in OpenSSH [yugui]
Don't use ssh-agent if :keys_only is true [SFEley]
Fix the bug in keys with comments [bobtfish]
Add a failing tests for options in pub keys [bobtfish]
Assert that the return value from ssh block is returned [carlhoerberg]
Don't close the connection it's already closed [carlhoerberg]
Ensure the connection closes even on exception [carlhoerberg]
Make the authentication error message more useful [deric]
Fix “ConnectionError” typo in lib/net/ssh/proxy/socks5.rb [mirakui]
Allow KeyManager to recover from incompatible agents [ecki, delano]
Fix for “Authentication Method determination can pick up a class from the root namespace” [dave.sieh]

2.7.0 / 11 Sep 2013¶ ↑

Fix for 'Could not parse PKey: no start line' error on private keys with passphrases (issue #101) [metametaclass]
Automatically forward environment variables defined in OpenSSH config files [fnordfish]
Guard against socket.gets being nil in Net::SSH::Proxy::HTTP [krishicks]
Implemented experimental keepalive feature [noric]

2.6.8 / 6 Jul 2013¶ ↑

Added support for host wildcard substitution [GabKlein]
Added a wait to the loop in close to help fix possible blocks [Josh Kalderimis]
Fixed test file encoding issues with Ruby 2.0 (#87) [voxik]

2.6.7 / 11 Apr 2013¶ ↑

Decreased default packet size to 32768 as described in RFC 4253 [Olipro]
Added max_pkt_size and max_win_size options to Net::SSH.start [Olipro]

2.6.6 / 03 Mar 2013¶ ↑

Fix for ruby 2.0 in windows [jansegre]

2.6.5 / 06 Feb 2013¶ ↑

Fixed path in gemspec [thanks priteau]

2.6.4 / 06 Feb 2013¶ ↑

Added license info to gemspec [jordimassaguerpla]
Added public cert. All gem releases are now signed.

2.6.3 / 10 Jan 2013¶ ↑

Small doc fix and correct error class for PKey::EC key type [Andreas Wolff]
Improve test dependencies [Kenichi Kamiya]

2.6.2 / 22 Nov 2012¶ ↑

Net::SSH.start now returns result of block [mhuffnagle]
Add stderr handling to Net::SSH::Test [ohrite]
Fix Invalid key size in JRuby [ohrite]

2.6.1 / 18 Oct 2012¶ ↑

Remove platform specific jruby dependency from gemspec
Changed encoding of file to prevent warnings when generating docs [iltempo]

2.6.0 / 19 Sep 2012¶ ↑

Use OpenSSL::PKey.read to read arbitrary private key. [nagachika]
Check availability of UNIXSocket and UNIXServer for Windows [Nobuhiro IMAI]
Bump version to 2.5.3 and depend on newer jruby-pageant version for Java 1.5 compat. [arturaz]
Implementation of the “none”-authentication method [dubspeed]
Add class for stricter host key verification [Andy Brody]

2.5.2 / 25 May 2012¶ ↑

Fix for Net::SSH::KnownHosts::SUPPORTED_TYPE [Marco Sandrini]

2.5.1 / 24 May 2012¶ ↑

Added missing file to manifest [Marco Sandrini]

2.5.0 / 24 May 2012¶ ↑

Implement many algorithms [Ryosuke Yamazaki]
- Key Exchange
```
* diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
* ecdh-sha2-nistp{256,384,521}
```
- Host Key
  - ecdsa-sha2-nistp{256,384,521}
- Authentication
  - ecdsa-sha2-nistp{256,384,521}
- HMAC
  - hmac-ripemd160
- Cipher:
  - aes{128,192,256}-ctr
  - camellia{128,192,256}-ctr
  - blowfish-ctr
  - cast128-ctr
  - 3des-ctr
  - arcfour (has problems with weak keys, and should be used with caution)
  - camellia{128,192,256}-cbc

2.4.0 / 17 May 2012¶ ↑

Support for JRuby + Pageant + Windows [arturaz]

2.3.0 / 11 Jan 2012¶ ↑

Support for hmac-sha2 and diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 [Ryosuke Yamazaki]

2.2.2 / 04 Jan 2012¶ ↑

Fixed: Connection hangs on ServerVersion.new(socket, logger) [muffl0n]
Avoid dying when unsupported auth mechanisms are defined [pcn]

2.2.1 / 24 Aug 2011¶ ↑

Do not prompt any passphrases before trying all identities from agent. [musybite]
```
(see: http://net-ssh.lighthouseapp.com/projects/36253-net-ssh/tickets/30)
```

2.2.0 / 16 Aug 2011¶ ↑

Add support for forward a local UNIX domain socket to a remote TCP socket. [Mark Imbriaco]

2.1.4 / 3 Apr 2011¶ ↑

Add ConnectionTimeout exception class. [Joel Watson]

See: https://github.com/net-ssh/net-ssh-multi/pull/1

2.1.3 / 2 Mar 2011¶ ↑

Call to transport.closed should be transport.close [Woon Jung]

2.1.2 / 1 Mar 2011¶ ↑

Fix for Net::SSH Continues to attempt authentication when notified it is not allowed [Eric Hodel]
```
(see: http://net-ssh.lighthouseapp.com/projects/36253-net-ssh/tickets/26)
```
Fix for transport won't be closed if authentication fails [Patrick Marchi]

2.1 / 19 Jan 2011¶ ↑

Support “IdentitiesOnly” directive (LH-24) [Musy Bite, Edmund Haselwanter]
Speeding up the Loggable module (LH-23) [robbebob]

2.0.24 / 14 Jan 2011¶ ↑

Fix for process code to correctly wait until remote_id is set before sending any output, including eof. [Daniel Pittman, Markus Roberts]
Fix circular require warning in Ruby 1.9.2 [Gavin Brock]

2.0.23 / 03 Jun 2010¶ ↑

delay CHANNEL_EOF packet until output buffer is empty [Rich Lane]

Previously, calling eof! after send_data would result in the CHANNEL_EOF packet being sent immediately, ahead of the data in the output buffer. Now buffer becomes empty.

2.0.22 / 20 Apr 2010¶ ↑

Fix for: “Parsing the config errors out because it coerces the ”1“ into an integer and then tries to split it on spaces for multiple host checking.” (net-ssh.lighthouseapp.com/projects/36253/tickets/10) [Lee Marlow]

2.0.21 / 20 Mar 2010¶ ↑

Fix for “IdentifyFile” in ~/.ssh/config does not work if no “Host” statement is given (net-ssh.lighthouseapp.com/projects/36253/tickets/9-identifyfile-in-sshconfig-does-not-work-if-no-host-statement-is-given#ticket-9-5) [xbaldauf, Delano Mandelbaum]
Fix for client closes a forwarded connection, but the server is reading, net-ssh terminates with IOError socket closed (net-ssh.lighthouseapp.com/projects/36253/tickets/7) [Miklós Fazekas]
Fix for client force closes (RST) a forwarded connection, but server is reading, net-ssh terminates with exception [Miklós Fazekas]
Fix for server closes the sending side, the on_eof is not handled. [Miklós Fazekas]
Removed Hanna dependency in Rakefile [Delano Mandelbaum]

2.0.20 / 10 Feb 2010¶ ↑

Support “ProxyCommand none” directive [Andy Lo-A-Foe]

2.0.19 / 16 Jan 2010¶ ↑

Support plus sign in sshconfig hostname [Jason Weathered]

2.0.18 / 15 Jan 2010¶ ↑

Fix related to recv(1) to readpartial change in 2.0.16 [Hans de Graaff, Delano Mandelbaum]

2.0.17 / 14 Dec 2009¶ ↑

Don't load net/ssh/authentication/pageant on Windows with Ruby 1.9 [Travis Reeder, Delano Mandelbaum]

2.0.16 / 28 Nov 2009¶ ↑

Fix for “multiple hosts are separated by whitespace” [Akinori MUSHA]
Add support for the ProxyCommand directive [Akinori MUSHA]
Switched from recv(1) to readpartial in lib/net/ssh/transport/server_version.rb, so that closed sockets are recognized [Alex Peuchert]

2.0.15 / 03 Sep 2009¶ ↑

Scale back IO#select patch so it mutexes only zero-timeout calls [Daniel Azuma, Will Bryant]

2.0.14 / 28 Aug 2009¶ ↑

Fix for IO#select threading bug in Ruby 1.8 (LH-1) [Daniel Azuma]
Fix for “uninitialized constant OpenSSL::Digest::MD5” exception in Net::SFTP [DL Redden]

2.0.13 / 17 Aug 2009¶ ↑

Added fix for hanging in ServerVersion#negotiate! when using SOCKS5 proxy (GH-9) [Gerald Talton]
Added support for specifying a list of hosts in .ssh/config, with tests (GH-6) [ckoehler, Delano Mandelbaum]
Added tests for arcfour128/256/512 lengths, encryption, and decryption [Delano Mandelbaum]
Skip packet stream tests for arcfour128/256/512 [Delano Mandelbaum]
Fix for OpenSSL cipher key length because it always returns 16, even when 32 byte keys are required, e.g. for arcfour256 and arcfour512 ciphers [Karl Varga]

2.0.12 / 08 Jun 2009¶ ↑

Applied patch for arcfour128 and arcfour256 support [Denis Bernard]
Use unbuffered reads when negotiating the protocol version [Steven Hazel]

2.0.11 / 24 Feb 2009¶ ↑

Add :key_data option for specifying raw private keys in PEM format [Alex Holems, Andrew Babkin]

2.0.10 / 4 Feb 2009¶ ↑

Added Net::SSH.configuration_for to make it easier to query the SSH configuration file(s) [Jamis Buck]

2.0.9 / 1 Feb 2009¶ ↑

Specifying non-nil user argument overrides user in .ssh/config [Jamis Buck]
Ignore requests for non-existent channels (workaround ssh server bug) [Jamis Buck]
Add terminate! method for hard shutdown scenarios [Jamis Buck]
Revert to pre-2.0.7 key-loading behavior by default, but load private-key if public-key doesn't exist [Jamis Buck]
Make sure :passphrase option gets passed to key manager [Bob Cotton]

2.0.8 / 29 December 2008¶ ↑

Fix private key change from 2.0.7 so that keys are loaded just-in-time, avoiding unecessary prompts from encrypted keys. [Jamis Buck]

2.0.7 / 29 December 2008¶ ↑

Make key manager use private keys instead of requiring public key to exist [arilerner@mac.com]
Fix failing tests [arilerner@mac.com]
Don't include pageant when running under JRuby [Angel N. Sciortino]

2.0.6 / 6 December 2008¶ ↑

Update the Manifest file so that the gem includes all necessary files [Jamis Buck]

2.0.5 / 6 December 2008¶ ↑

Make the Pageant interface comply with more of the Socket interface to avoid related errors [Jamis Buck]
Don't busy-wait on session close for remaining channels to close [Will Bryant]
Ruby 1.9 compatibility [Jamis Buck]
Fix Cipher#final to correctly flag a need for a cipher reset [Jamis Buck]

2.0.4 / 27 Aug 2008¶ ↑

Added Connection::Session#closed? and Transport::Session#closed? [Jamis Buck]
Numeric host names in .ssh/config are now parsed correct [Yanko Ivanov]
Make sure the error raised when a public key file is malformed is more informative than a MethodMissing error [Jamis Buck]
Cipher#reset is now called after Cipher#final, with the last n bytes used as the next initialization vector [Jamis Buck]

2.0.3 / 27 Jun 2008¶ ↑

Make Net::SSH::Version comparable [Brian Candler]
Fix errors in port forwarding when a channel could not be opened due to a typo in the exception name [Matthew Todd]
Use chomp instead of strip when cleaning the version string reported by the remote host, so that trailing whitespace is preserved (this is to play nice with servers like Mocana SSH) [Timo Gatsonides]
Correctly parse ssh_config entries with eq-sign delimiters [Jamis Buck]
Ignore malformed ssh_config entries [Jamis Buck]

2.0.2 / 29 May 2008¶ ↑

Make sure the agent client understands both RSA “identities answers” [Jamis Buck]
Fixed key truncation bug that caused hmacs other than SHA1 to fail with “corrupt hmac” errors [Jamis Buck]
Fix detection and loading of public keys when the keys don't actually exist [David Dollar]

2.0.1 / 5 May 2008¶ ↑

Teach Net::SSH about a handful of default key names [Jamis Buck]

2.0.0 / 1 May 2008¶ ↑

Allow the :verbose argument to accept symbols (:debug, etc.) as well as Logger level constants (Logger::DEBUG, etc.) [Jamis Buck]

2.0 Preview Release 4 (1.99.3) / 19 Apr 2008¶ ↑

Make sure HOME is set to something sane, even on OS's that don't set it by default [Jamis Buck]
Add a :passphrase option to specify the passphrase to use with private keys [Francis Sullivan]
Open a new auth agent connection for every auth-agent channel request [Jamis Buck]

2.0 Preview Release 3 (1.99.2) / 10 Apr 2008¶ ↑

Session properties [Jamis Buck]
Make channel open failure work with a callback so that failures can be handled similarly to successes [Jamis Buck]

2.0 Preview Release 2 (1.99.1) / 22 Mar 2008¶ ↑

Partial support for ~/.ssh/config (and related) SSH configuration files [Daniel J. Berger, Jamis Buck]
Added Net::SSH::Test to facilitate testing complex SSH state machines [Jamis Buck]
Reworked Net::SSH::Prompt to use conditionally-selected modules [Jamis Buck, suggested by James Rosen]
Added Channel#eof? and Channel#eof! [Jamis Buck]
Fixed bug in strict host key verifier on cache miss [Mike Timm]

2.0 Preview Release 1 (1.99.0) / 21 Aug 2007¶ ↑

First preview release of Net::SSH v2