Libssh2 hostkey hash

From Libssh2

const char *libssh2_hostkey_hash(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, int hash_type);
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About

Returns the computed digest of the remote system's hostkey. The length of the returned string is hash_type specific (e.g. 16 bytes for MD5, 20 bytes for SHA1).

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Parameters

  • session
    Session instance as returned by libssh2_session_init().
  • hash_type
    One of: LIBSSH2_HOSTKEY_HASH_MD5 or LIBSSH2_HOSTKEY_HASH_SHA1.
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Returns

  • Computed hostkey hash value. or NULL if the session has not yet been started up. (The hash consists of raw binary bytes, not hex digits, so is not directly printable.)
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