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1 /*
2 * SSHTools - Java SSH2 API
3 *
4 * Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Lee David Painter and Contributors.
5 *
6 * Contributions made by:
7 *
8 * Brett Smith
9 * Richard Pernavas
10 * Erwin Bolwidt
11 *
12 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
13 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
14 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
15 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
16 *
17 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
18 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
19 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
20 * GNU General Public License for more details.
21 *
22 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
23 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
24 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
25 */
26 package com.sshtools.j2ssh.transport;
27
28 import com.sshtools.j2ssh.transport.publickey.SshPublicKey;
29
30
31 /**
32 * <p>
33 * An interface to allow the transport protocol to verify the public key
34 * supplied by the server during key-exchange
35 * </p>
36 *
37 * @author Lee David Painter
38 * @version $Revision: 1.29 $
39 *
40 * @since 0.2.0
41 */
42 public interface HostKeyVerification {
43 /**
44 * <p>
45 * Called by the transport protocol to verify the identity of the server
46 * through the supplied public key.
47 * </p>
48 *
49 * @param host the name of the host
50 * @param pk the public key supplied during key-exchange
51 *
52 * @return true if the host is acceptable, otherwise false
53 *
54 * @throws TransportProtocolException if an error occurs
55 *
56 * @since 0.2.0
57 */
58 public boolean verifyHost(String host, SshPublicKey pk)
59 throws TransportProtocolException;
60 }