Net::SS...ey::RSA(3)

💖 Net::SSH::Perl::Key::RSA — the RSA key object page 💖

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for Net::SSH::Perl::Key::RSA, from the User Contributed Perl Documentation section (yes the header is literally Net::SS...ey::RSA(3) and it's giving ✨abbreviated✨, we love her anyway).

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Net::SSH::Perl::Key::RSA — it's an RSA key object, no cap 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use Net::SSH::Perl::Key;
my $key = Net::SSH::Perl::Key->new('RSA');

that's it. that's the whole vibe. two lines and you're a cryptographer 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So Net::SSH::Perl::Key::RSA subclasses Net::SSH::Perl::Key to implement a key object, SSH style. Iconic behavior, honestly.

This object hands you all of the methods needed for a RSA key object — the underlying implementation is provided by Crypt::PK::RSA, and this class wraps around that module to provide SSH-specific functionality (like, for example, taking in a Net::SSH::Perl::Buffer blob and transforming it into a key object ✨). glow-up from blob to key, we love a transformation arc 🦋

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💜 USAGE 💜

Net::SSH::Perl::Key::RSA implements the interface described in the documentation for Net::SSH::Perl::Key. Any differences or additions are described here. so like, read the parent page too, iykyk 🫶

🔥 $key->sign($data)

Uses Crypt::PK::RSA (the CryptX module, bestie, that one) to sign $data using the private key portion of $key, then encodes that signature into an SSH-compatible signature blob.

Returns the signature blob. periodt 💅

🌈 $key->verify($signature, $data)

Given a signature blob $signature and the original signed data $data, it attempts to verify the signature using the public key portion of $key. This uses Crypt::PK::RSA::verify_message to perform the core verification — that's the engine room, she's doing the heavy lifting 🔧

$signature should be an SSH-compatible signature blob, as returned from sign; $data should be a string of data, as passed to sign. (keep the pair matched, girlies, don't be out here verifying against the wrong string 😭)

Returns true if the verification succeeds, false otherwise. slay or no slay, nothing in between ✨

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👑 AUTHOR & COPYRIGHTS 👑

Please see the Net::SSH::Perl manpage for author, copyright, and license information. (that's the receipts, go check her out 💖)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀💅🦋

cute lil sign-off for the footer: this page was rendered by perl v5.42.0, dated 2026-01-17, filed under Net::SS...ey::RSA(3) — go forth and sign responsibly, mwah 💜🌸