How to establish a simple ssh connection with c++

Question

I am trying to make a c++ program which will connect to an ssh server (my laptop). The server is ok because I can get connected via putty. Although the program I wrote so far can not. In my code I am using the library libssh.h and for development I used visual studio 2015. The error I get is: crypt_set_algorithms2: no crypto algorithm function found for 3des-cbc I haven't found anything so far so I hope to your help. The code I use:

#include <libssh/libssh.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h> 
int main()
{
    ssh_session my_ssh_session;
    int rc;
    int port = 22;
    int verbosity = SSH_LOG_PROTOCOL;
    char *password;
    // Open session and set options
    my_ssh_session = ssh_new();
    if (my_ssh_session == NULL)
        exit(-1);
    ssh_options_set(my_ssh_session, SSH_OPTIONS_HOST, "192.168.1.6");
    ssh_options_set(my_ssh_session, SSH_OPTIONS_USER, "john");
    ssh_options_set(my_ssh_session, SSH_OPTIONS_LOG_VERBOSITY, &verbosity);
    ssh_options_set(my_ssh_session, SSH_OPTIONS_CIPHERS_C_S,"aes128-ctr");

    //ssh_options_set(my_ssh_session, SSH_OPTIONS_PORT, &port);
    // Connect to server
    rc = ssh_connect(my_ssh_session);
    if (rc != SSH_OK)  
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", ssh_get_error(my_ssh_session)); //HERE IS WHERE I GET THE ERROR 
        ssh_free(my_ssh_session);
        exit(-1);
    }
    // Verify the server's identity
    // For the source code of verify_knowhost(), check previous example
/*  if (verify_knownhost(my_ssh_session) < 0)
    {
        ssh_disconnect(my_ssh_session);
        ssh_free(my_ssh_session);
        exit(-1);
    }
*/  
    // Authenticate ourselves
    password = "pass";
    rc = ssh_userauth_password(my_ssh_session, NULL, password);
    if (rc != SSH_AUTH_SUCCESS)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "Error authenticating with password: %s\n",
            ssh_get_error(my_ssh_session));
        ssh_disconnect(my_ssh_session);
        ssh_free(my_ssh_session);
        exit(-1);
    }


        ssh_disconnect(my_ssh_session);
    ssh_free(my_ssh_session);
}

Answer 1

Try to use different cipher. 3des-cbc is broken and probably disabled on your server already.

There is really nice tutorial with simple session.

Removing the line makes it working for me on Ubuntu (don't know where you found it):

ssh_options_set(my_ssh_session, SSH_OPTIONS_CIPHERS_C_S,"aes128-ctr");

If not, what version of libssh are you using? Isn't it some obsolete one?