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	BadFingerPrintFormat	Raises when unsupported fingerprint formats are presented to fingerprint.
Class	FingerprintFormats	Constants representing the supported formats of key fingerprints.
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