darkoperator · MVKozlov · Feb 4, 2026 · Feb 4, 2026 · Feb 4, 2026 · Feb 4, 2026
diff --git a/Posh-SSH/Add-SshIdentity.ps1 b/Posh-SSH/Add-SshIdentity.ps1
diff --git a/Posh-SSH/Assembly/BouncyCastle.Cryptography.dll b/Posh-SSH/Assembly/BouncyCastle.Cryptography.dll
diff --git a/Posh-SSH/Assembly/Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces.dll b/Posh-SSH/Assembly/Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces.dll
diff --git a/Posh-SSH/Assembly/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions.dll b/Posh-SSH/Assembly/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions.dll
diff --git a/Posh-SSH/Assembly/Renci.SshNet.dll b/Posh-SSH/Assembly/Renci.SshNet.dll
diff --git a/Posh-SSH/Assembly/Renci.SshNet.xml b/Posh-SSH/Assembly/Renci.SshNet.xml
diff --git a/Posh-SSH/Assembly/SshNet.Security.Cryptography.dll b/Posh-SSH/Assembly/SshNet.Security.Cryptography.dll
diff --git a/Posh-SSH/Assembly/System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll b/Posh-SSH/Assembly/System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll
diff --git a/Posh-SSH/Assembly/System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll b/Posh-SSH/Assembly/System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll
diff --git a/Posh-SSH/Posh-SSH.psd1 b/Posh-SSH/Posh-SSH.psd1
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #RootModule = ''
 
 # Version number of this module.
-ModuleVersion = '3.2.7'
+ModuleVersion = '4.0.0'
 
 # ID used to uniquely identify this module
 GUID = 'f5c99306-7b5a-4fca-a052-f79ad1e48fbf'
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ FunctionsToExport = @('Get-PoshSSHModVersion',
                     'Get-SFTPSession',
                     'Get-SSHPortForward',
                     'Get-SSHSession',
-                    'Get-SSHTrustedHost',
                     'Invoke-SSHCommand',
                     'Invoke-SSHCommandStream',
                     'Invoke-SSHStreamExpectAction',
@@ -89,20 +88,19 @@ FunctionsToExport = @('Get-PoshSSHModVersion',
                     'New-SSHLocalPortForward',
                     'New-SSHRemotePortForward',
                     'New-SSHShellStream',
-                    'New-SSHTrustedHost',
                     'Remove-SFTPItem',
                     'Remove-SFTPSession',
                     'Remove-SSHSession',
-                    'Remove-SSHTrustedHost',
                     'Rename-SFTPFile',
                     'Set-SFTPContent',
                     'Set-SFTPLocation',
                     'Set-SFTPPathAttribute',
                     'Start-SSHPortForward',
                     'Stop-SSHPortForward',
                     'Test-SFTPPath',
-                    'Convert-SSHRegistryToJsonKnownHost',
-                    'Get-SSHRegistryKnownHost')
+                    'Convert-SSHRegistryToJsonTrustedHost',
+                    'Get-SSHRegistryTrustedHostStore'
+)
 
 # Cmdlets to export from this module
 CmdletsToExport = @('Get-SCPItem',
@@ -111,10 +109,15 @@ CmdletsToExport = @('Get-SCPItem',
                   'New-SSHSession',
                   'Set-SCPItem',
                   'Set-SFTPItem',
-                  'New-SSHMemoryKnownHost',
-                  'Get-SSHJsonKnownHost',
-                  'Get-SSHOpenSSHKnownHost',
-                  'Get-SSHHostKey')
+                  'New-SSHMemoryTrustedHostStore',
+                  'Get-SSHJsonTrustedHostStore',
+                  'Get-SSHOpenSSHTrustedHostStore',
+                  'Get-SSHHostKey',
+                  'New-SSHTrustedHost',
+                  'Add-SSHTrustedHost',
+                  'Get-SSHTrustedHost',
+                  'Remove-SSHTrustedHost'
+)
 
 # Variables to export from this module
 VariablesToExport = '*'
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ FileList = @('Posh-SSH.psm1','PoshSSH.dll','Assembly\Renci.SshNet.dll', 'Assembl
 # Private data to pass to the module specified in RootModule/ModuleToProcess
 PrivateData = @{
     PSData = @{
-       #Prerelease = 'beta1'
+       Prerelease = 'beta1'
        ProjectUri = 'https://github.com/darkoperator/Posh-SSH'
     }
 }

diff --git a/Posh-SSH/Posh-SSH.psm1 b/Posh-SSH/Posh-SSH.psm1
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ if (!(Test-Path variable:Global:SFTPSessions ))
     $global:SFTPSessions = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
 }
 
-New-Alias -Name 'Get-SSHJsonKnowHost' -Value 'Get-SSHJsonKnownHost' -Force
-
 # SSH Functions
 ##############################################################################################
 
@@ -366,7 +364,7 @@ function Invoke-SSHCommand
                 }
 
                 $cmd = $Connection.session.CreateCommand($Command)
-                $cmd.CommandTimeout = [timespan]::FromMilliseconds(50) #New-TimeSpan -Seconds $TimeOut
+                $cmd.CommandTimeout = [timespan]::FromSeconds($TimeOut)
 
                 # start asynchronious execution of the command.
                 $Duration = [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew()
@@ -1951,7 +1949,7 @@ function Set-SFTPPathAttribute
 function Get-SFTPPathInformation
 {
     [CmdletBinding()]
-    [OutputType([Renci.SshNet.Sftp.SftpFileSytemInformation])]
+    [OutputType([Renci.SshNet.Sftp.SftpFileSystemInformation])]
     Param
     (
         [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
@@ -3142,191 +3140,27 @@ function Start-SSHPortForward
     End{}
 }
 
-# .ExternalHelp Posh-SSH.psm1-Help.xml
-function Get-SSHTrustedHost
-{
-    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "Local")]
-    [OutputType("SSH.Stores.KnownHostRecord")]
-    Param(
-        # Known Host Store
-        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true,
-           ParameterSetName = "Store",
-           ValueFromPipeline = $true,
-           Position = 1)]
-        [Alias('KnowHostStore')]
-        [SSH.Stores.IStore]
-        $KnownHostStore,
-
-        # Host name the key fingerprint is associated with.
-        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false,
-           Position = 0)
-        ]
-        [String]
-        $HostName
-    )
-
-    Begin{
-        $Default = [IO.Path]::Combine($Home,".poshssh", "hosts.json")
-    }
-    Process
-    {
-       if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq "Local") {
-           $Store = Get-SSHJsonKnownHost
-            if (-not (Test-Path -PathType Leaf $Default)) {
-                Write-Warning -Message "No known host file found, $($Default)"
-            }
-       } elseif ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq "Store") {
-            $Store = $KnownHostStore
-       }
-
-       if ($PSBoundParameters.Keys -contains "HostName") {
-            $k = $Store.GetKey($HostName)
-            if ($k) {
-                $k | Add-Member -Force -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "HostName" -Value $HostName -TypeName "SSH.Stores.KnownHostRecord" -PassThru
-            }
-       } else {
-            $Store.GetAllKeys() 
-       }
-    }
-    End
-    {}
-}
-
-
-# .ExternalHelp Posh-SSH.psm1-Help.xml
- function New-SSHTrustedHost
- {
-    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "Local")]
-     Param
-     (
-         # IP Address of FQDN of host to add to trusted list.
-         [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
-                    ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,
-                    Position=0)]
-         $HostName,
-
-         # SSH Server Fingerprint. (md5 of host public key)
-         [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
-                    ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,
-                    Position=1)]
-         $FingerPrint,
-
-         # This is the hostkey cipher name.
-         [ValidateSet(
-                    "ssh-ed25519",
-                    "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
-                    "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384",
-                    "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521",
-                    "rsa-sha2-512",
-                    "rsa-sha2-256",
-                    "ssh-rsa",
-                    "ssh-dss"
-         )]
-         [Parameter(
-                    ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,
-                    Position=2)]
-         [string]
-         [Alias('KeyCipherName')]
-         $HostKeyName = "",
-
-         # Known Host Store
-        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true,
-        ParameterSetName = "Store")]
-        [Alias('KnowHostStore')]
-        [SSH.Stores.IStore]
-        $KnownHostStore
-     )
-
-    Begin{
-        $Default = [IO.Path]::Combine($Home,".poshssh", "hosts.json")
-    }
-     Process
-     {
-        if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq "Local") {
-            $Store = Get-SSHJsonKnownHost
-            if (-not (Test-Path -PathType Leaf $Default)) {
-                Write-Warning -Message "No known host file found, $($Default)"
-            }
-        } elseif ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq "Store") {
-             $Store = $KnownHostStore
-        }
-
-        $Store.SetKey($HostName, $HostKeyName, $FingerPrint)
-     }
-     End {}
- }
-
-# .ExternalHelp Posh-SSH.psm1-Help.xml
- function Remove-SSHTrustedHost
- {
-    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "Local")]
-    Param(
-        # IP Address of FQDN of host to add to trusted list.
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
-                   ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,
-                   Position=0)]
-        [string]
-        $HostName,
-
-        # Known Host Store
-        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true,
-        ParameterSetName = "Store")]
-        [Alias('KnowHostStore')]
-        [SSH.Stores.IStore]
-        $KnownHostStore
-     )
-
-    Begin{
-        $Default = [IO.Path]::Combine($Home,".poshssh", "hosts.json")
-    }
-     Process{
-        if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq "Local") {
-            $Store = Get-SSHJsonKnownHost
-            if (-not (Test-Path -PathType Leaf $Default)) {
-                Write-Warning -Message "No known host file found, $($Default)"
-            }
-        } elseif ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq "Store") {
-            if ($KnownHostStore -isnot [SSH.Stores.OpenSSHStore]) {
-                $Store = $KnownHostStore
-            } else {
-                Write-Error -Message "SSH.Stores.OpenSSHStore are a Read Only store." -ErrorAction Stop 
-            }
-        }
-
-        $Store.RemoveByHost($HostName)
-     }
-     End{}
- }
-
- <#
+<#
     .SYNOPSIS
-       Get KnownHosts from registry (readonly)
+       Get TrustedHosts from registry (readonly)
     .DESCRIPTION
-       Get KnownHosts from registry (readonly)
+       Get TrustedHosts from registry (readonly)
        It is windows-only compatibility cmdlet
+    .EXAMPLE
+       PS C:\> Get-SSHRegistryTrustedHostStore
 #>
-function Get-SSHRegistryKnownHost {
-    class SSHRegistryKeyStore: SSH.Stores.MemoryStore {
+function Get-SSHRegistryTrustedHostStore {
+    class SSHRegistryKeyStore: SSH.Stores.MemoryTrustedHostStore {
           [void] OnGetKeys() {
               $p = Get-ItemProperty HKCU:\SOFTWARE\PoshSSH
               $HostKeys = $this.HostKeys
               $p | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty |
               Where-Object { $_.Name -notin 'PSPath', 'PSParentPath', 'PSChildName', 'PSDrive', 'PSProvider' } |
               ForEach-Object {
                  $name = $_.Name
-                 $hostData = [SSH.Stores.KnownHostValue]@{ HostKeyName='ssh-rsa'; Fingerprint=$p.$name }
-                 $HostKeys.AddOrUpdate($name, $hostData, { return $hostData } )
+                 $this.SetKey($name, 'ssh-rsa', $p.$name, $true)
               }
           }
-          [bool]SetKey([string]$HostName, [string]$KeyType, [string]$Fingerprint) {
-             return $false
-          }
-          [bool]RemoveByHost([string] $HostName) {
-              return $false
-          }
-          [bool]RemoveByFingerprint([string] $Fingerprint) {
-              return $false
-          }
     }
 
     New-Object SSHRegistryKeyStore
@@ -3339,14 +3173,14 @@ function Get-SSHRegistryKnownHost {
        Convert windows registry key storage to Json
        It is windows-only compatibility cmdlet
 #>
-function Convert-SSHRegistryToJSonKnownHost {
-    $JsonStore = Get-SSHJsonKnownHost
+function Convert-SSHRegistryToJSonTrustedHost {
+    $JsonStore = Get-SSHJsonTrustedHostStore
     $p = Get-ItemProperty HKCU:\SOFTWARE\PoshSSH
     $p | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty |
     Where-Object { $_.Name -notin 'PSPath', 'PSParentPath', 'PSChildName', 'PSDrive', 'PSProvider' } |
     ForEach-Object {
         $name = $_.Name
         Write-Host "Save ssh-rsa key for $name"
-        [void]$JsonStore.SetKey($name, 'ssh-rsa', $p.$name)
+        [void]$JsonStore.SetKey($name, 'ssh-rsa', $p.$name, $true)
     }
 }
diff --git a/Posh-SSH/PoshSSH.dll b/Posh-SSH/PoshSSH.dll