twisted.conch.ssh.keys : API documentation

Class	BadKeyError	Raised when a key isn't what we expected from it.
Class	EncryptedKeyError	Raised when an encrypted key is presented to fromString/fromFile without a password.
Class	Key	No summary
Function	objectType	DEPRECATED. Return the SSH key type corresponding to a `Crypto.PublicKey.pubkey.pubkey` object.
Function	_getPersistentRSAKey	This function returns a persistent `Key`.

def objectType(obj): (source)

objectType was deprecated in Twisted 15.5.0.

DEPRECATED. Return the SSH key type corresponding to a Crypto.PublicKey.pubkey.pubkey object.

Parameters	obj	Key for which the type is returned. (type: `Crypto.PublicKey.pubkey.pubkey`)
Returns	Return the SSH key type corresponding to a PyCrypto object. (type: `str`)

def _getPersistentRSAKey(location, keySize=4096): (source)

This function returns a persistent Key.

The key is loaded from a PEM file in location. If it does not exist, a key with the key size of keySize is generated and saved.

Parameters	location	Where the key is stored. (type: `twisted.python.filepath.FilePath`)
	keySize	The size of the key, if it needs to be generated. (type: `int`)
Returns	A persistent key. (type: `Key`)

twisted.conch.ssh.keys module documentation