com.trilead.ssh2

Interface ServerHostKeyVerifier

public interface ServerHostKeyVerifier

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

Method Summary

boolean
verifyServerHostKey(String hostname, int port, 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 Details

verifyServerHostKey

public boolean verifyServerHostKey(String hostname,
                                   int port,
                                   String serverHostKeyAlgorithm,
                                   byte[] serverHostKey)
            throws 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: SSH-2 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.