Net::SSH was originally written by Jamis Buck . In addition, the following individuals are gratefully acknowledged for their contributions: GOTOU Yuuzou * help and code related to OpenSSL Guillaume Marçais * support for communicating with the the PuTTY "pageant" process Daniel Berger * help getting unit tests in earlier Net::SSH versions to pass in Windows * initial version of Net::SSH::Config provided inspiration and encouragement Chris Andrews and Lee Jensen * support for ssh agent forwarding