1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/auth/AuthenticationManager.java b/lib/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/auth/AuthenticationManager.java
index 894a31f..99d62ca 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/auth/AuthenticationManager.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/auth/AuthenticationManager.java
@@ -161,6 +161,14 @@ public class AuthenticationManager implements MessageHandler
 	public boolean authenticatePublicKey(String user, char[] PEMPrivateKey, String password, SecureRandom rnd)
 			throws IOException
 	{
+		Object key = PEMDecoder.decode(PEMPrivateKey, password);
+		
+		return authenticatePublicKey(user, key, rnd);
+	}
+	
+	public boolean authenticatePublicKey(String user, Object key, SecureRandom rnd)
+			throws IOException
+	{
 		try
 		{
 			initialize(user);
@@ -168,8 +176,6 @@ public class AuthenticationManager implements MessageHandler
 			if (methodPossible("publickey") == false)
 				throw new IOException("Authentication method publickey not supported by the server at this stage.");
 
-			Object key = PEMDecoder.decode(PEMPrivateKey, password);
-
 			if (key instanceof DSAPrivateKey)
 			{
 				DSAPrivateKey pk = (DSAPrivateKey) key;