Ganymed SSH2 for Java

ch.ethz.ssh2
Interface ServerHostKeyVerifier


public interface ServerHostKeyVerifier

A callback interface used to implement a client specific method of checking server host keys.

Version:
$Id: ServerHostKeyVerifier.java,v 1.3 2005/08/11 12:47:31 cplattne Exp $
Author:
Christian Plattner, plattner@inf.ethz.ch

Method Summary
 boolean verifyServerHostKey(java.lang.String hostname, int port, java.lang.String serverHostKeyAlgorithm, byte[] serverHostKey)
          The actual verifier method, it will be called by the key exchange code on EVERY key exchange - this can happen several times during the lifetime of a connection.
 

Method Detail

verifyServerHostKey

public boolean verifyServerHostKey(java.lang.String hostname,
                                   int port,
                                   java.lang.String serverHostKeyAlgorithm,
                                   byte[] serverHostKey)
                            throws java.lang.Exception
The actual verifier method, it will be called by the key exchange code on EVERY key exchange - this can happen several times during the lifetime of a connection.

Note: SSH2 servers are allowed to change their hostkey at ANY time.

Parameters:
hostname - the hostname used to create the Connection object
port - the remote TCP port
serverHostKeyAlgorithm - the public key algorithm (ssh-rsa or ssh-dss)
serverHostKey - the server's public key blob
Returns:
if the client wants to accept the server's host key - if not, the connection will be closed.
Throws:
java.lang.Exception - Will be wrapped with an IOException, extended version of return false =)

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