+-------------------+ +-----------------+ (Socket)InputStream ---> | secsh transport | <===> | secsh channel | (Socket)OutputStream --> | (auth, pipe) | N | (buffer) | +-------------------+ +-----------------+ @ feeder thread | | - read InputStream | +-> InputStream - feed into channel +---> OutputStream buffers SIS <-- @ --> (parse, find chan) --> secsh chan: buffer <-- SSHInputStream SSHOutputStream --> secsh chan --> secsh transport --> SOS [no thread] exported API... from BaseTransport: start_client start_server add_server_key get_server_key close get_remote_server_key is_active is_authenticated open_session open_channel renegotiate_keys check_channel_request from Transport: auth_key auth_password get_allowed_auths check_auth_none check_auth_password check_auth_publickey accept from Channel: set_name get_name send_eof settimeout gettimeout setblocking close recv send sendall makefile fileno shutdown [client:] get_pty invoke_shell exec_command invoke_subsystem resize_pty [server:] check_pty_request check_shell_request from ChannelFile: next write writelines flush read readline readlines xreadlines close