Protocols

Every protocol your fleet speaks.

Native wire-protocol proxies for shells, desktops, databases, Kubernetes, cloud consoles, network devices and files — no agents, no jump hosts, no VPN. Your admins keep using the tools they already know.

Agentless Zero standing Cloud-native Multi-vendor
Shell & desktop

Remote access

Full-fidelity SSH, RDP and VNC brokering with keystroke and frame recording, command filtering and step-up MFA — all agentless.

6
protocols
SSH
:22

OpenSSH-compatible proxy with ephemeral cert issuance, keystroke capture and command policy.

Password Public key Certificate GSSAPI
$ guardvaultctl connect ssh linux-01
RDP
:3389

Windows RDP proxy with 60 fps frame capture, OCR-searchable recordings and web-based client.

NLA CredSSP Smart-card MFA
$ guardvaultctl connect rdp win-jump-03
VNC
:5900

TightVNC/RealVNC compatible with frame recording and clipboard policy.

RFB 3.8 TLS SASL
Telnet
:23

Legacy Telnet with mandatory session recording and command filtering for OT networks.

Plain Wrapped-TLS
WinRM
:5985/5986

Windows Remote Management proxy for PowerShell Remoting with cmdlet-level policy.

Kerberos NTLM Certificate
Serial / SoL
:TTY

Console-server integration for out-of-band access to network devices and BMCs.

Passthrough USB-Serial
Coverage matrix

At a glance

CategoryProtocolsRecordingCommand policyMasking
Remote accessSSH · RDP · VNC · Telnet · WinRM · Serial / SoL
DatabasesPostgreSQL · MySQL · MSSQL · Oracle · MongoDB · Redis · MariaDB · ClickHouse
Kuberneteskubectl exec · kubectl port-forward · K8s API · Helm
Cloud consolesAWS Console · AWS CLI / SDK · Azure Portal · GCP Console · GitHub / GitLab
Network devicesTACACS+ · RADIUS · Cisco IOS / NX-OS · Juniper Junos · Fortinet FortiOS · Huawei VRP · Arista EOS
File transferSFTP · SCP · S3 · FTPS
Web & SaaSSAML 2.0 · OIDC / OAuth2 · Form-fill · HTTP(S) proxy

Don't see your protocol?

GuardVault ships a plugin SDK for custom wire protocols and legacy AAA dialects — we regularly add new ones with customers.