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+ <a href="paramiko-module.html">Package&nbsp;paramiko</a> ::
+ Class&nbsp;PKey
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+<!-- ==================== CLASS DESCRIPTION ==================== -->
+<h1 class="epydoc">Class PKey</h1><p class="nomargin-top"><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko-pysrc.html#PKey">source&nbsp;code</a></span></p>
+<pre class="base-tree">
+object --+
+ |
+ <strong class="uidshort">PKey</strong>
+</pre>
+
+<dl><dt>Known Subclasses:</dt>
+<dd>
+ <ul class="subclass-list">
+<li><a href="paramiko.AgentKey-class.html">AgentKey</a></li><li>, <a href="paramiko.DSSKey-class.html">DSSKey</a></li><li>, <a href="paramiko.RSAKey-class.html">RSAKey</a></li> </ul>
+</dd></dl>
+
+<hr />
+<p>Base class for public keys.</p>
+
+<!-- ==================== INSTANCE METHODS ==================== -->
+<a name="section-InstanceMethods"></a>
+<table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header">
+ <td align="left" colspan="2" class="table-header">
+ <span class="table-header">Instance Methods</span></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
+ <span class="summary-type">int</span>
+ </td><td class="summary">
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html#__cmp__" class="summary-sig-name">__cmp__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">other</span>)</span><br />
+ Compare this key to another.</td>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+ <span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
+ <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
+ </td><td class="summary">
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html#__init__" class="summary-sig-name">__init__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">msg</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">data</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span><br />
+ Create a new instance of this public key type.</td>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+ <span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
+ <span class="summary-type">str</span>
+ </td><td class="summary">
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html#__str__" class="summary-sig-name">__str__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
+ Return a string of an SSH <a href="paramiko.Message-class.html"
+ class="link">Message</a> made up of the public part(s) of this key.</td>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+ <span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
+ <span class="summary-type">bool</span>
+ </td><td class="summary">
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html#can_sign" class="summary-sig-name">can_sign</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
+ Return <code>True</code> if this key has the private part necessary
+ for signing data.</td>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+ <span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
+ <span class="summary-type">str</span>
+ </td><td class="summary">
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html#get_base64" class="summary-sig-name">get_base64</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
+ Return a base64 string containing the public part of this key.</td>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+ <span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
+ <span class="summary-type">int</span>
+ </td><td class="summary">
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html#get_bits" class="summary-sig-name">get_bits</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
+ Return the number of significant bits in this key.</td>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+ <span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
+ <span class="summary-type">str</span>
+ </td><td class="summary">
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html#get_fingerprint" class="summary-sig-name">get_fingerprint</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
+ Return an MD5 fingerprint of the public part of this key.</td>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+ <span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
+ <span class="summary-type">str</span>
+ </td><td class="summary">
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html#get_name" class="summary-sig-name">get_name</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
+ Return the name of this private key implementation.</td>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+ <span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
+ <span class="summary-type"><a href="paramiko.Message-class.html" class="link">Message</a></span>
+ </td><td class="summary">
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html#sign_ssh_data" class="summary-sig-name">sign_ssh_data</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">randpool</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">data</span>)</span><br />
+ Sign a blob of data with this private key, and return a <a
+ href="paramiko.Message-class.html" class="link">Message</a>
+ representing an SSH signature message.</td>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+ <span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
+ <span class="summary-type">boolean</span>
+ </td><td class="summary">
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html#verify_ssh_sig" class="summary-sig-name">verify_ssh_sig</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">data</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">msg</span>)</span><br />
+ Given a blob of data, and an SSH message representing a signature of
+ that data, verify that it was signed with this key.</td>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+ <span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
+ <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
+ </td><td class="summary">
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html#write_private_key" class="summary-sig-name">write_private_key</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">file_obj</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">password</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span><br />
+ Write private key contents into a file (or file-like) object.</td>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+ <span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
+ <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
+ </td><td class="summary">
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html#write_private_key_file" class="summary-sig-name">write_private_key_file</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">filename</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">password</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span><br />
+ Write private key contents into a file.</td>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+ <span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2" class="summary">
+ <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>:
+ <code>__delattr__</code>,
+ <code>__getattribute__</code>,
+ <code>__hash__</code>,
+ <code>__new__</code>,
+ <code>__reduce__</code>,
+ <code>__reduce_ex__</code>,
+ <code>__repr__</code>,
+ <code>__setattr__</code>
+ </p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+<!-- ==================== CLASS METHODS ==================== -->
+<a name="section-ClassMethods"></a>
+<table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header">
+ <td align="left" colspan="2" class="table-header">
+ <span class="table-header">Class Methods</span></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
+ <span class="summary-type"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html" class="link">PKey</a></span>
+ </td><td class="summary">
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html#from_private_key" class="summary-sig-name">from_private_key</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">cls</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">file_obj</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">password</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span><br />
+ Create a key object by reading a private key from a file (or
+ file-like) object.</td>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+ <span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko-pysrc.html#PKey.from_private_key">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
+ <span class="summary-type"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html" class="link">PKey</a></span>
+ </td><td class="summary">
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html#from_private_key_file" class="summary-sig-name">from_private_key_file</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">cls</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">filename</span>,
+ <span class="summary-sig-arg">password</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span><br />
+ Create a key object by reading a private key file.</td>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+ <span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko-pysrc.html#PKey.from_private_key_file">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+<!-- ==================== PROPERTIES ==================== -->
+<a name="section-Properties"></a>
+<table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header">
+ <td align="left" colspan="2" class="table-header">
+ <span class="table-header">Properties</span></td>
+</tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2" class="summary">
+ <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>:
+ <code>__class__</code>
+ </p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+<!-- ==================== METHOD DETAILS ==================== -->
+<a name="section-MethodDetails"></a>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header">
+ <td align="left" colspan="2" class="table-header">
+ <span class="table-header">Method Details</span></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+<a name="__cmp__"></a>
+<div>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr><td>
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr valign="top"><td>
+ <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__cmp__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">other</span>)</span>
+ <br /><em class="fname">(Comparison operator)</em>
+ </h3>
+ </td><td align="right" valign="top"
+ ><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
+ </td>
+ </tr></table>
+
+ <p>Compare this key to another. Returns 0 if this key is equivalent to
+ the given key, or non-0 if they are different. Only the public parts of
+ the key are compared, so a public key will compare equal to its
+ corresponding private key.</p>
+ <dl class="fields">
+ <dt>Parameters:</dt>
+ <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>other</code></strong> (<a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html" class="link">PKey</a>) - key to compare to.</li>
+ </ul></dd>
+ <dt>Returns: int</dt>
+ <dd>0 if the two keys are equivalent, non-0 otherwise.</dd>
+ </dl>
+</td></tr></table>
+</div>
+<a name="__init__"></a>
+<div>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr><td>
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr valign="top"><td>
+ <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__init__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">msg</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">data</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
+ <br /><em class="fname">(Constructor)</em>
+ </h3>
+ </td><td align="right" valign="top"
+ ><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
+ </td>
+ </tr></table>
+
+ <p>Create a new instance of this public key type. If <code>msg</code> is
+ given, the key's public part(s) will be filled in from the message. If
+ <code>data</code> is given, the key's public part(s) will be filled in
+ from the string.</p>
+ <dl class="fields">
+ <dt>Parameters:</dt>
+ <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>msg</code></strong> (<a href="paramiko.Message-class.html" class="link">Message</a>) - an optional SSH <a href="paramiko.Message-class.html"
+ class="link">Message</a> containing a public key of this type.</li>
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>data</code></strong> (str) - an optional string containing a public key of this type</li>
+ </ul></dd>
+ <dt>Raises:</dt>
+ <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
+ <li><code><strong class='fraise'><a href="paramiko.SSHException-class.html">SSHException</a></strong></code> - if a key cannot be created from the <code>data</code> or
+ <code>msg</code> given, or no key was passed in.</li>
+ </ul></dd>
+ <dt>Overrides:
+ object.__init__
+ </dt>
+ </dl>
+</td></tr></table>
+</div>
+<a name="__str__"></a>
+<div>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr><td>
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr valign="top"><td>
+ <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__str__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
+ <br /><em class="fname">(Informal representation operator)</em>
+ </h3>
+ </td><td align="right" valign="top"
+ ><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
+ </td>
+ </tr></table>
+
+ <p>Return a string of an SSH <a href="paramiko.Message-class.html"
+ class="link">Message</a> made up of the public part(s) of this key. This
+ string is suitable for passing to <a
+ href="paramiko.AgentKey-class.html#__init__" class="link">__init__</a> to
+ re-create the key object later.</p>
+ <dl class="fields">
+ <dt>Returns: str</dt>
+ <dd>string representation of an SSH key message.</dd>
+ <dt>Overrides:
+ object.__str__
+ </dt>
+ </dl>
+</td></tr></table>
+</div>
+<a name="can_sign"></a>
+<div>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr><td>
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr valign="top"><td>
+ <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">can_sign</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
+ </h3>
+ </td><td align="right" valign="top"
+ ><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
+ </td>
+ </tr></table>
+
+ <p>Return <code>True</code> if this key has the private part necessary
+ for signing data.</p>
+ <dl class="fields">
+ <dt>Returns: bool</dt>
+ <dd><code>True</code> if this is a private key.</dd>
+ </dl>
+</td></tr></table>
+</div>
+<a name="from_private_key"></a>
+<div>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr><td>
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr valign="top"><td>
+ <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">from_private_key</span>(<span class="sig-arg">cls</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">file_obj</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">password</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
+ <br /><em class="fname">Class Method</em>
+ </h3>
+ </td><td align="right" valign="top"
+ ><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko-pysrc.html#PKey.from_private_key">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
+ </td>
+ </tr></table>
+
+ <p>Create a key object by reading a private key from a file (or
+ file-like) object. If the private key is encrypted and
+ <code>password</code> is not <code>None</code>, the given password will
+ be used to decrypt the key (otherwise <a
+ href="paramiko.PasswordRequiredException-class.html"
+ class="link">PasswordRequiredException</a> is thrown).</p>
+ <dl class="fields">
+ <dt>Parameters:</dt>
+ <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>file_obj</code></strong> (file) - the file to read from</li>
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>password</code></strong> (str) - an optional password to use to decrypt the key, if it's encrypted</li>
+ </ul></dd>
+ <dt>Returns: <a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html" class="link">PKey</a></dt>
+ <dd>a new key object based on the given private key</dd>
+ <dt>Raises:</dt>
+ <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
+ <li><code><strong class='fraise'>IOError</strong></code> - if there was an error reading the key</li>
+ <li><code><strong class='fraise'><a href="paramiko.PasswordRequiredException-class.html">PasswordRequiredException</a></strong></code> - if the private key file is encrypted, and <code>password</code> is
+ <code>None</code></li>
+ <li><code><strong class='fraise'><a href="paramiko.SSHException-class.html">SSHException</a></strong></code> - if the key file is invalid</li>
+ </ul></dd>
+ </dl>
+</td></tr></table>
+</div>
+<a name="from_private_key_file"></a>
+<div>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr><td>
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr valign="top"><td>
+ <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">from_private_key_file</span>(<span class="sig-arg">cls</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">filename</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">password</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
+ <br /><em class="fname">Class Method</em>
+ </h3>
+ </td><td align="right" valign="top"
+ ><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko-pysrc.html#PKey.from_private_key_file">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
+ </td>
+ </tr></table>
+
+ <p>Create a key object by reading a private key file. If the private key
+ is encrypted and <code>password</code> is not <code>None</code>, the
+ given password will be used to decrypt the key (otherwise <a
+ href="paramiko.PasswordRequiredException-class.html"
+ class="link">PasswordRequiredException</a> is thrown). Through the magic
+ of python, this factory method will exist in all subclasses of PKey (such
+ as <a href="paramiko.RSAKey-class.html" class="link">RSAKey</a> or <a
+ href="paramiko.DSSKey-class.html" class="link">DSSKey</a>), but is
+ useless on the abstract PKey class.</p>
+ <dl class="fields">
+ <dt>Parameters:</dt>
+ <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>filename</code></strong> (str) - name of the file to read</li>
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>password</code></strong> (str) - an optional password to use to decrypt the key file, if it's
+ encrypted</li>
+ </ul></dd>
+ <dt>Returns: <a href="paramiko.PKey-class.html" class="link">PKey</a></dt>
+ <dd>a new key object based on the given private key</dd>
+ <dt>Raises:</dt>
+ <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
+ <li><code><strong class='fraise'>IOError</strong></code> - if there was an error reading the file</li>
+ <li><code><strong class='fraise'><a href="paramiko.PasswordRequiredException-class.html">PasswordRequiredException</a></strong></code> - if the private key file is encrypted, and <code>password</code> is
+ <code>None</code></li>
+ <li><code><strong class='fraise'><a href="paramiko.SSHException-class.html">SSHException</a></strong></code> - if the key file is invalid</li>
+ </ul></dd>
+ </dl>
+</td></tr></table>
+</div>
+<a name="get_base64"></a>
+<div>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr><td>
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr valign="top"><td>
+ <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">get_base64</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
+ </h3>
+ </td><td align="right" valign="top"
+ ><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
+ </td>
+ </tr></table>
+
+ <p>Return a base64 string containing the public part of this key.
+ Nothing secret is revealed. This format is compatible with that used to
+ store public key files or recognized host keys.</p>
+ <dl class="fields">
+ <dt>Returns: str</dt>
+ <dd>a base64 string containing the public part of the key.</dd>
+ </dl>
+</td></tr></table>
+</div>
+<a name="get_bits"></a>
+<div>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr><td>
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr valign="top"><td>
+ <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">get_bits</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
+ </h3>
+ </td><td align="right" valign="top"
+ ><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
+ </td>
+ </tr></table>
+
+ <p>Return the number of significant bits in this key. This is useful for
+ judging the relative security of a key.</p>
+ <dl class="fields">
+ <dt>Returns: int</dt>
+ <dd>bits in the key.</dd>
+ </dl>
+</td></tr></table>
+</div>
+<a name="get_fingerprint"></a>
+<div>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr><td>
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr valign="top"><td>
+ <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">get_fingerprint</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
+ </h3>
+ </td><td align="right" valign="top"
+ ><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
+ </td>
+ </tr></table>
+
+ <p>Return an MD5 fingerprint of the public part of this key. Nothing
+ secret is revealed.</p>
+ <dl class="fields">
+ <dt>Returns: str</dt>
+ <dd>a 16-byte string (binary) of the MD5 fingerprint, in SSH format.</dd>
+ </dl>
+</td></tr></table>
+</div>
+<a name="get_name"></a>
+<div>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr><td>
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr valign="top"><td>
+ <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">get_name</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
+ </h3>
+ </td><td align="right" valign="top"
+ ><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
+ </td>
+ </tr></table>
+
+ <p>Return the name of this private key implementation.</p>
+ <dl class="fields">
+ <dt>Returns: str</dt>
+ <dd>name of this private key type, in SSH terminology (for example,
+ <code>&quot;ssh-rsa&quot;</code>).</dd>
+ </dl>
+</td></tr></table>
+</div>
+<a name="sign_ssh_data"></a>
+<div>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr><td>
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr valign="top"><td>
+ <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">sign_ssh_data</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">randpool</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">data</span>)</span>
+ </h3>
+ </td><td align="right" valign="top"
+ ><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
+ </td>
+ </tr></table>
+
+ <p>Sign a blob of data with this private key, and return a <a
+ href="paramiko.Message-class.html" class="link">Message</a> representing
+ an SSH signature message.</p>
+ <dl class="fields">
+ <dt>Parameters:</dt>
+ <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>randpool</code></strong> (<code class="link">Crypto.Util.randpool.RandomPool</code>) - a secure random number generator.</li>
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>data</code></strong> (str) - the data to sign.</li>
+ </ul></dd>
+ <dt>Returns: <a href="paramiko.Message-class.html" class="link">Message</a></dt>
+ <dd>an SSH signature message.</dd>
+ </dl>
+</td></tr></table>
+</div>
+<a name="verify_ssh_sig"></a>
+<div>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr><td>
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr valign="top"><td>
+ <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">verify_ssh_sig</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">data</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">msg</span>)</span>
+ </h3>
+ </td><td align="right" valign="top"
+ ><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
+ </td>
+ </tr></table>
+
+ <p>Given a blob of data, and an SSH message representing a signature of
+ that data, verify that it was signed with this key.</p>
+ <dl class="fields">
+ <dt>Parameters:</dt>
+ <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>data</code></strong> (str) - the data that was signed.</li>
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>msg</code></strong> (<a href="paramiko.Message-class.html" class="link">Message</a>) - an SSH signature message</li>
+ </ul></dd>
+ <dt>Returns: boolean</dt>
+ <dd><code>True</code> if the signature verifies correctly;
+ <code>False</code> otherwise.</dd>
+ </dl>
+</td></tr></table>
+</div>
+<a name="write_private_key"></a>
+<div>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr><td>
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr valign="top"><td>
+ <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">write_private_key</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">file_obj</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">password</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
+ </h3>
+ </td><td align="right" valign="top"
+ ><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
+ </td>
+ </tr></table>
+
+ <p>Write private key contents into a file (or file-like) object. If the
+ password is not <code>None</code>, the key is encrypted before
+ writing.</p>
+ <dl class="fields">
+ <dt>Parameters:</dt>
+ <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>file_obj</code></strong> (file) - the file object to write into</li>
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>password</code></strong> (str) - an optional password to use to encrypt the key</li>
+ </ul></dd>
+ <dt>Raises:</dt>
+ <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
+ <li><code><strong class='fraise'>IOError</strong></code> - if there was an error writing to the file</li>
+ <li><code><strong class='fraise'><a href="paramiko.SSHException-class.html">SSHException</a></strong></code> - if the key is invalid</li>
+ </ul></dd>
+ </dl>
+</td></tr></table>
+</div>
+<a name="write_private_key_file"></a>
+<div>
+<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
+ cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
+<tr><td>
+ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+ <tr valign="top"><td>
+ <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">write_private_key_file</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">filename</span>,
+ <span class="sig-arg">password</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
+ </h3>
+ </td><td align="right" valign="top"
+ ><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.pkey-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
+ </td>
+ </tr></table>
+
+ <p>Write private key contents into a file. If the password is not
+ <code>None</code>, the key is encrypted before writing.</p>
+ <dl class="fields">
+ <dt>Parameters:</dt>
+ <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>filename</code></strong> (str) - name of the file to write</li>
+ <li><strong class="pname"><code>password</code></strong> (str) - an optional password to use to encrypt the key file</li>
+ </ul></dd>
+ <dt>Raises:</dt>
+ <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
+ <li><code><strong class='fraise'>IOError</strong></code> - if there was an error writing the file</li>
+ <li><code><strong class='fraise'><a href="paramiko.SSHException-class.html">SSHException</a></strong></code> - if the key is invalid</li>
+ </ul></dd>
+ </dl>
+</td></tr></table>
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