diff --git a/client/ssh/server.go b/client/ssh/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..834233f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/ssh/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/rsa"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/gliderlabs/ssh"
+	gossh "golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+type Server struct {
+	listener    net.Listener
+	allowedKeys []ssh.PublicKey
+	mu          sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func (srv *Server) UpdateKeys(newKeys []string) error {
+	srv.mu.Lock()
+	defer srv.mu.Unlock()
+
+	srv.allowedKeys = make([]ssh.PublicKey, len(newKeys))
+	for _, strKey := range newKeys {
+		parsedKey, _, _, _, err := ssh.ParseAuthorizedKey([]byte(strKey))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		srv.allowedKeys = append(srv.allowedKeys, parsedKey)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func NewSSHServer() (*Server, error) {
+	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":2222")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &Server{listener: ln, mu: sync.Mutex{}}, nil
+}
+
+// Stop stops SSH server. Blocking
+func (srv *Server) Stop() error {
+	err := srv.listener.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Start starts SSH server. Blocking
+func (srv *Server) Start() error {
+	handler := func(s ssh.Session) {
+		authorizedKey := gossh.MarshalAuthorizedKey(s.PublicKey())
+		io.WriteString(s, fmt.Sprintf("public key used by %s:\n", s.User()))
+		s.Write(authorizedKey)
+	}
+
+	publicKeyOption := ssh.PublicKeyAuth(func(ctx ssh.Context, key ssh.PublicKey) bool {
+		srv.mu.Lock()
+		defer srv.mu.Unlock()
+
+		for _, allowed := range srv.allowedKeys {
+			if ssh.KeysEqual(allowed, key) {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false
+	})
+
+	err := ssh.Serve(srv.listener, handler, publicKeyOption)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+
+	server, err := NewSSHServer()
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = server.UpdateKeys([]string{"ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIIwAoefixS03tYDfNuFfNRMO2syYfkw/C/76m8LS8xum"})
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = server.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		// will throw error when Stop has been called
+	}
+}
+
+// generatePrivateKey creates RSA Private Key of specified byte size
+func generatePrivateKey(bitSize int) (*rsa.PrivateKey, error) {
+	privateKey, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, bitSize)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = privateKey.Validate()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return privateKey, nil
+}
+
+// generatePublicKey takes a rsa.PublicKey and return bytes suitable for writing to .pub file
+// returns the key in format format "ssh-rsa ..."
+func generatePublicKey(privateKey *rsa.PublicKey) ([]byte, error) {
+	publicRsaKey, err := gossh.NewPublicKey(privateKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return gossh.MarshalAuthorizedKey(publicRsaKey), nil
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3d362d70f..89759b9a7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ require (
 	fyne.io/fyne/v2 v2.1.4
 	github.com/c-robinson/iplib v1.0.3
 	github.com/getlantern/systray v1.2.1
+	github.com/gliderlabs/ssh v0.3.4
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.5
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.9.1
 	github.com/rs/xid v1.3.0
 	github.com/skratchdot/open-golang v0.0.0-20200116055534-eef842397966
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
@@ -39,6 +41,9 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751 // indirect
+	github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4 // indirect
+	github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2be // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fredbi/uri v0.0.0-20181227131451-3dcfdacbaaf3 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.1 // indirect
@@ -83,6 +88,7 @@ require (
 	golang.zx2c4.com/go118/netip v0.0.0-20211111135330-a4a02eeacf9d // indirect
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wintun v0.0.0-20211104114900-415007cec224 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20211208223120-3a66f561d7aa // indirect
+	gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200902074654-038fdea0a05b // indirect
 	gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8a52afa8d..a4d1f981a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -57,9 +57,13 @@ github.com/Kodeworks/golang-image-ico v0.0.0-20141118225523-73f0f4cfade9/go.mod
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
 github.com/akavel/rsrc v0.8.0/go.mod h1:uLoCtb9J+EyAqh+26kdrTgmzRBFPGOolLWKpdxkKq+c=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
+github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751 h1:JYp7IbQjafoB+tBA3gMyHYHrpOtNuDiK/uB5uXxq5wM=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
+github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4 h1:Hs82Z41s6SdL1CELW+XaDYmOH4hkBN4/N9og/AsOv7E=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
+github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2be h1:9AeTilPcZAjCFIImctFaOjnTIavg87rW78vTPkQqLI8=
+github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2be/go.mod h1:ySMOLuWl6zY27l47sB3qLNK6tF2fkHG55UZxx8oIVo4=
 github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
 github.com/armon/circbuf v0.0.0-20150827004946-bbbad097214e/go.mod h1:3U/XgcO3hCbHZ8TKRvWD2dDTCfh9M9ya+I9JpbB7O8o=
 github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da/go.mod h1:Q73ZrmVTwzkszR9V5SSuryQ31EELlFMUz1kKyl939pY=
@@ -142,6 +146,8 @@ github.com/getlantern/systray v1.2.1/go.mod h1:AecygODWIsBquJCJFop8MEQcJbWFfw/1y
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RHrZQHXnP2xjPF+u1gW/2HnVO7nvIa9PG3Gm+fLHvGI=
 github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.5.0/go.mod h1:Nd6IXA8m5kNZdNEHMBd93KT+mdY3+bewLgRvmCsR2Do=
+github.com/gliderlabs/ssh v0.3.4 h1:+AXBtim7MTKaLVPgvE+3mhewYRawNLTd+jEEz/wExZw=
+github.com/gliderlabs/ssh v0.3.4/go.mod h1:ZSS+CUoKHDrqVakTfTWUlKSr9MtMFkC4UvtQKD7O914=
 github.com/go-gl/gl v0.0.0-20210813123233-e4099ee2221f h1:s0O46d8fPwk9kU4k1jj76wBquMVETx7uveQD9MCIQoU=
 github.com/go-gl/gl v0.0.0-20210813123233-e4099ee2221f/go.mod h1:wjpnOv6ONl2SuJSxqCPVaPZibGFdSci9HFocT9qtVYM=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
@@ -426,6 +432,7 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190129233127-fd36f4220a90/go.mod h1:
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.4.1/go.mod h1:TNfzLD0ON7rHzMJeJkieUDPYmFC7Snx/y86RQel1bk4=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.9.1 h1:KOMtN28tlbam3/7ZKEYKHhKoJZYYj3gMH4uc62x7X7U=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.9.1/go.mod h1:yhUN8i9wzaXS3w1O07YhxHEBxD+W35wd8bs7vj7HSQ4=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20181005140218-185b4288413d/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.2/go.mod h1:TjEm7ze935MbeOT/UhFTIMYKhuLP4wbCsTZCD3I8kEA=
@@ -516,6 +523,7 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190820162420-60c769a6c586/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8U
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190923035154-9ee001bba392/go.mod h1:/lpIB1dKB+9EgE3H3cr1v9wB50oz8l4C4h62xy7jSTY=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210616213533-5ff15b29337e/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210817164053-32db794688a5/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20211108221036-ceb1ce70b4fa/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20211202192323-5770296d904e/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
@@ -745,6 +753,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211216021012-1d35b9e2eb4e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220204135822-1c1b9b1eba6a h1:ppl5mZgokTT8uPkmYOyEUmPTr3ypaKkg5eFOGrAmxxE=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220204135822-1c1b9b1eba6a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211 h1:JGgROgKl9N8DuW20oFS5gxc+lE67/N3FcwmBPMe7ArY=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
@@ -981,6 +990,7 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp0
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1 h1:SnqbnDw1V7RiZcXPx5MEeqPv2s79L9i7BJUlG/+RurQ=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
+gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6 h1:jMFz6MfLP0/4fUyZle81rXUoxOBFi19VUFKVDOQfozc=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=