twisted.conch.interfaces.IKnownHostEntry

interface documentation

class IKnownHostEntry(Interface): (source)

A IKnownHostEntry is an entry in an OpenSSH-formatted known_hosts file.

Present Since
8.2

Method	`matchesHost`	Return True if this entry matches the given hostname, False otherwise.
Method	`matchesKey`	Return True if this entry matches the given Key object, False otherwise.
Method	`toString`

def matchesHost(hostname): (source)

Return True if this entry matches the given hostname, False otherwise.

Note that this does no name resolution; if you want to match an IP address, you have to resolve it yourself, and pass it in as a dotted quad string.

Parameters
hostname:`str`	The hostname to match against.

def matchesKey(key): (source)

Return True if this entry matches the given Key object, False otherwise.

Parameters
key:`twisted.conch.ssh.keys.Key`	The key object to match against.

def toString(): (source)

Returns
`str`	a serialized string representation of this entry, suitable for inclusion in a known_hosts file. (Newline not included.)