Class Key

Namespace

Renci.SshNet.Security

Assembly

Renci.SshNet.dll

Base class for asymmetric cipher algorithms.

public abstract class Key

Inheritance

object

Key

Derived

DsaKey

EcdsaKey

ED25519Key

RsaKey

Inherited Members

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ToString()

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

Constructors

Key()

protected Key()

Properties

Comment

Gets or sets the key comment.

public string Comment { get; set; }

Property Value

string

DigitalSignature

Gets the default digital signature implementation for this key.

protected abstract DigitalSignature DigitalSignature { get; }

Property Value

DigitalSignature

KeyLength

Gets the length of the key.

public abstract int KeyLength { get; }

Property Value

int

The length of the key.

Public

Gets the public key.

public abstract BigInteger[] Public { get; }

Property Value

BigInteger[]

The public.

Methods

Sign(byte[])

Signs the specified data with the key.

public byte[] Sign(byte[] data)

Parameters

data byte[]

The data to sign.

Returns

byte[]

Signed data.

VerifySignature(byte[], byte[])

Verifies the signature.

public bool VerifySignature(byte[] data, byte[] signature)

Parameters

data byte[]

The data to verify.

signature byte[]

The signature to verify against.

Returns

bool

true is signature was successfully verifies; otherwise false.