diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight.csproj b/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight.csproj
index 39f66a0ec..beeef21a0 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight.csproj
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight.csproj
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\Pack.cs">
       <Link>Common\Pack.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\PacketDump.cs">
+      <Link>Common\PacketDump.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\PipeStream.cs">
       <Link>Common\PipeStream.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
@@ -278,6 +281,39 @@
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ConnectionInfo.cs">
       <Link>ConnectionInfo.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ConnectorBase.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ConnectorBase.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\DirectConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\DirectConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\HttpConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\HttpConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\IConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\IConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\IProtocolVersionExchange.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\IProtocolVersionExchange.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ISocketFactory.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ISocketFactory.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ProtocolVersionExchange.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ProtocolVersionExchange.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\SocketFactory.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\SocketFactory.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\Socks4Connector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\Socks4Connector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\Socks5Connector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\Socks5Connector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\SshIdentification.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\SshIdentification.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ExpectAction.cs">
       <Link>ExpectAction.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
@@ -1184,7 +1220,7 @@
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\SftpClient.cs">
       <Link>SftpClient.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
-	<Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ISftpClient.cs">
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ISftpClient.cs">
       <Link>ISftpClient.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Sftp\Flags.cs">
@@ -1407,7 +1443,7 @@
       <FlavorProperties GUID="{A1591282-1198-4647-A2B1-27E5FF5F6F3B}">
         <SilverlightProjectProperties />
       </FlavorProperties>
-      <UserProperties ProjectLinkReference="2f5f8c90-0bd1-424f-997c-7bc6280919d1" ProjectLinkerExcludeFilter="\\?desktop(\\.*)?$;\\?silverlight(\\.*)?$;\.desktop;\.silverlight;\.xaml;^service references(\\.*)?$;\.clientconfig;^web references(\\.*)?$" />
+      <UserProperties ProjectLinkerExcludeFilter="\\?desktop(\\.*)?$;\\?silverlight(\\.*)?$;\.desktop;\.silverlight;\.xaml;^service references(\\.*)?$;\.clientconfig;^web references(\\.*)?$" ProjectLinkReference="2f5f8c90-0bd1-424f-997c-7bc6280919d1" />
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5.csproj b/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5.csproj
index fb59067a6..93b950edc 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5.csproj
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5.csproj
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\Pack.cs">
       <Link>Common\Pack.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\PacketDump.cs">
+      <Link>Common\PacketDump.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\PipeStream.cs">
       <Link>Common\PipeStream.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
@@ -284,6 +287,39 @@
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ConnectionInfo.cs">
       <Link>ConnectionInfo.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ConnectorBase.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ConnectorBase.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\DirectConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\DirectConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\HttpConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\HttpConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\IConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\IConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\IProtocolVersionExchange.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\IProtocolVersionExchange.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ISocketFactory.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ISocketFactory.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ProtocolVersionExchange.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ProtocolVersionExchange.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\SocketFactory.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\SocketFactory.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\Socks4Connector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\Socks4Connector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\Socks5Connector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\Socks5Connector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\SshIdentification.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\SshIdentification.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ExpectAction.cs">
       <Link>ExpectAction.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
@@ -1190,7 +1226,7 @@
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\SftpClient.cs">
       <Link>SftpClient.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
-	<Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ISftpClient.cs">
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ISftpClient.cs">
       <Link>ISftpClient.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Sftp\Flags.cs">
@@ -1411,7 +1447,7 @@
       <FlavorProperties GUID="{A1591282-1198-4647-A2B1-27E5FF5F6F3B}">
         <SilverlightProjectProperties />
       </FlavorProperties>
-      <UserProperties ProjectLinkReference="2f5f8c90-0bd1-424f-997c-7bc6280919d1" ProjectLinkerExcludeFilter="\\?desktop(\\.*)?$;\\?silverlight(\\.*)?$;\.desktop;\.silverlight;\.xaml;^service references(\\.*)?$;\.clientconfig;^web references(\\.*)?$" />
+      <UserProperties ProjectLinkerExcludeFilter="\\?desktop(\\.*)?$;\\?silverlight(\\.*)?$;\.desktop;\.silverlight;\.xaml;^service references(\\.*)?$;\.clientconfig;^web references(\\.*)?$" ProjectLinkReference="2f5f8c90-0bd1-424f-997c-7bc6280919d1" />
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet.UAP10/Renci.SshNet.UAP10.csproj b/src/Renci.SshNet.UAP10/Renci.SshNet.UAP10.csproj
index bc78664db..d0eb423a2 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet.UAP10/Renci.SshNet.UAP10.csproj
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet.UAP10/Renci.SshNet.UAP10.csproj
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\Pack.cs">
       <Link>Common\Pack.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\PacketDump.cs">
+      <Link>Common\PacketDump.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\PipeStream.cs">
       <Link>Common\PipeStream.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
@@ -327,6 +330,39 @@
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ConnectionInfo.cs">
       <Link>ConnectionInfo.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ConnectorBase.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ConnectorBase.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\DirectConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\DirectConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\HttpConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\HttpConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\IConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\IConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\IProtocolVersionExchange.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\IProtocolVersionExchange.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ISocketFactory.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ISocketFactory.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ProtocolVersionExchange.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ProtocolVersionExchange.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\SocketFactory.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\SocketFactory.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\Socks4Connector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\Socks4Connector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\Socks5Connector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\Socks5Connector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\SshIdentification.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\SshIdentification.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ExpectAction.cs">
       <Link>ExpectAction.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone.csproj b/src/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone.csproj
index 6f7d4576c..317dbc845 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone.csproj
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone.csproj
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\Pack.cs">
       <Link>Common\Pack.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\PacketDump.cs">
+      <Link>Common\PacketDump.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\PipeStream.cs">
       <Link>Common\PipeStream.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
@@ -266,6 +269,39 @@
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ConnectionInfo.cs">
       <Link>ConnectionInfo.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ConnectorBase.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ConnectorBase.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\DirectConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\DirectConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\HttpConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\HttpConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\IConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\IConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\IProtocolVersionExchange.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\IProtocolVersionExchange.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ISocketFactory.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ISocketFactory.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ProtocolVersionExchange.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ProtocolVersionExchange.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\SocketFactory.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\SocketFactory.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\Socks4Connector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\Socks4Connector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\Socks5Connector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\Socks5Connector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\SshIdentification.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\SshIdentification.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ExpectAction.cs">
       <Link>ExpectAction.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
@@ -1169,7 +1205,7 @@
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\SftpClient.cs">
       <Link>SftpClient.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
-	<Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ISftpClient.cs">
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ISftpClient.cs">
       <Link>ISftpClient.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Sftp\Flags.cs">
diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone8/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone8.csproj b/src/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone8/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone8.csproj
index cac461773..f34c1d8e8 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone8/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone8.csproj
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone8/Renci.SshNet.WindowsPhone8.csproj
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\Pack.cs">
       <Link>Common\Pack.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\PacketDump.cs">
+      <Link>Common\PacketDump.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Common\PipeStream.cs">
       <Link>Common\PipeStream.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
@@ -307,6 +310,39 @@
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ConnectionInfo.cs">
       <Link>ConnectionInfo.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ConnectorBase.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ConnectorBase.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\DirectConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\DirectConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\HttpConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\HttpConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\IConnector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\IConnector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\IProtocolVersionExchange.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\IProtocolVersionExchange.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ISocketFactory.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ISocketFactory.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\ProtocolVersionExchange.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\ProtocolVersionExchange.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\SocketFactory.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\SocketFactory.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\Socks4Connector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\Socks4Connector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\Socks5Connector.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\Socks5Connector.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\Connection\SshIdentification.cs">
+      <Link>Connection\SshIdentification.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\Renci.SshNet\ExpectAction.cs">
       <Link>ExpectAction.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
@@ -1444,7 +1480,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)\$(TargetFrameworkVersion)\Microsoft.$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier).CSharp.targets" />
   <ProjectExtensions>
     <VisualStudio>
-      <UserProperties ProjectLinkReference="2f5f8c90-0bd1-424f-997c-7bc6280919d1" ProjectLinkerExcludeFilter="\\?desktop(\\.*)?$;\\?silverlight(\\.*)?$;\.desktop;\.silverlight;\.xaml;^service references(\\.*)?$;\.clientconfig;^web references(\\.*)?$" />
+      <UserProperties ProjectLinkerExcludeFilter="\\?desktop(\\.*)?$;\\?silverlight(\\.*)?$;\.desktop;\.silverlight;\.xaml;^service references(\\.*)?$;\.clientconfig;^web references(\\.*)?$" ProjectLinkReference="2f5f8c90-0bd1-424f-997c-7bc6280919d1" />
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet/Abstractions/SocketAbstraction.cs b/src/Renci.SshNet/Abstractions/SocketAbstraction.cs
index 7c53c9425..287caea66 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet/Abstractions/SocketAbstraction.cs
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet/Abstractions/SocketAbstraction.cs
@@ -391,9 +391,9 @@ public static int Read(Socket socket, byte[] buffer, int offset, int size, TimeS
             {
                 if (socket.ReceiveAsync(args))
                 {
-                    if (!receiveCompleted.WaitOne(timeout))
+                    if (!receiveCompleted.WaitOne(readTimeout))
                         throw new SshOperationTimeoutException(string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
-                            "Socket read operation has timed out after {0:F0} milliseconds.", timeout.TotalMilliseconds));
+                            "Socket read operation has timed out after {0:F0} milliseconds.", readTimeout.TotalMilliseconds));
                 }
                 else
                 {
diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet/Common/PacketDump.cs b/src/Renci.SshNet/Common/PacketDump.cs
index 2dd6a7e2f..7b50582cb 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet/Common/PacketDump.cs
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet/Common/PacketDump.cs
@@ -79,7 +79,13 @@ private static string AsHex(byte[] data, int length)
 
         private static string AsAscii(byte[] data, int length)
         {
-            var ascii = new StringBuilder();
+#if FEATURE_ENCODING_ASCII
+        var encoding = Encoding.ASCII;
+#else
+        var encoding = new ASCIIEncoding();
+#endif
+
+        var ascii = new StringBuilder();
             const char dot = '.';
 
             for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ private static string AsAscii(byte[] data, int length)
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    ascii.Append(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(data, i, 1));
+                    ascii.Append(encoding.GetString(data, i, 1));
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet/Connection/Socks4Connector.cs b/src/Renci.SshNet/Connection/Socks4Connector.cs
index 096be9370..9154240f8 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet/Connection/Socks4Connector.cs
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet/Connection/Socks4Connector.cs
@@ -143,7 +143,11 @@ private static byte[] GetProxyUserBytes(string proxyUser)
                 return Array<byte>.Empty;
             }
 
+#if FEATURE_ENCODING_ASCII
             return Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(proxyUser);
+#else
+            return new ASCIIEncoding().GetBytes(proxyUser);
+#endif
         }
     }
 }