Module: Net::SSH::Transport::KeyExpander

Defined in:
lib/net/ssh/transport/key_expander.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.expand_key(bytes, start, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Generate a key value in accordance with the SSH2 specification. (RFC4253 7.2. “Output from Key Exchange”)



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# File 'lib/net/ssh/transport/key_expander.rb', line 7

def self.expand_key(bytes, start, options = {})
  if bytes == 0
    return ""
  end

  k = start[0, bytes]
  return k if k.length >= bytes

  digester = options[:digester] or raise 'No digester supplied'
  shared   = options[:shared] or raise 'No shared secret supplied'
  hash     = options[:hash] or raise 'No hash supplied'

  while k.length < bytes
    step = digester.digest(shared + hash + k)
    bytes_needed = bytes - k.length
    k << step[0, bytes_needed]
  end

  return k
end