OpenSSH

OpenSSH is a suite of secure networking utilities based on the Secure Shell protocol, which provides a secure channel over an unsecured network in a client–server architecture.

Windows

Start an SSH server on Windows. See Official Documentation.

Installation

Download OpenSSH

https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/releases

wget -O OpenSSH-Win32-v8.9.1.0.msi https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/releases/download/v8.9.1.0p1-Beta/OpenSSH-Win32-v8.9.1.0.msi

Install OpenSSH

Will create a directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSH

C:\OpenSSH-Win32-v8.9.1.0.msi

wget https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/releases/download/v8.9.1.0p1-Beta/OpenSSH-Win32.zip

powershell -c "(new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('http://KALI_IP/OpenSSH-Win32.zip','C:\OpenSSH-Win32.zip')"

Extract zip file.

powershell C:\OpenSSH-Win32\OpenSSH-Win32\install-sshd.ps1
net start sshd

netstat -ano | findstr 22

Configure OpenSSH

cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSH"

type sshd_config_default

"C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSH\sshd.exe"

# net stop sshd
sc query sshd

powershell

# Start the sshd service
Start-Service sshd

# OPTIONAL but recommended:
Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType 'Automatic'

# Confirm the Firewall rule is configured. It should be created automatically by setup. Run the following to verify
if (!(Get-NetFirewallRule -Name "OpenSSH-Server-In-TCP" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object Name, Enabled)) {
    Write-Output "Firewall Rule 'OpenSSH-Server-In-TCP' does not exist, creating it..."
    New-NetFirewallRule -Name 'OpenSSH-Server-In-TCP' -DisplayName 'OpenSSH Server (sshd)' -Enabled True -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -Action Allow -LocalPort 22
} else {
    Write-Output "Firewall rule 'OpenSSH-Server-In-TCP' has been created and exists."
}