From the builder.com newsletter: “Even though you may have used SSH clients, have you ever needed to implement one? If you do need to implement an SSH client, then you may find the J2SSH API of the SSHTools project useful. (The J2SSH API is the SSH component of the toolkit.)”
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Yep, SSHtools is da BOMB! If you are looking for a platform independent SSH API that really grabs you by the bollocks and threatens to rip them clean off then http://www.sshtools.com is where you need to be going!