Package com.sshtools.common.publickey

Interface SignatureGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

SshCertificate, SshKeyPair

public interface SignatureGenerator

Provides a callback when a private key signature is required. This is suitable for use when you do not have direct access to the private key, but know its public key and have access to some mechanism that enables you to request a signature from the corresponding private key (such as an sshagent).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Collection<SshPublicKey>	getPublicKeys()	List the public keys supported by this signature generator.
byte[]	sign(SshPublicKey key, String signingAlgorithm, byte[] data)	Sign the data using the private key of the public key provided.

Method Details

sign

byte[] sign(SshPublicKey key,
 String signingAlgorithm,
 byte[] data)
     throws SshException,
IOException

Sign the data using the private key of the public key provided.

Parameters:

key -

data -

Returns:

byte[]

Throws:

IOException

SshException

getPublicKeys

Collection<SshPublicKey> getPublicKeys()
                                throws IOException

List the public keys supported by this signature generator.

Returns:

Throws:

IOException