(VB.NET) Load PuTTY Private Key

Loads a PuTTY private key into an SSH key object.

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Dim sb As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
Dim bCrlf As Boolean = True
sb.AppendLine("PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-rsa",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("Encryption: aes256-cbc",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("Comment: rsa-key-20161121",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("Public-Lines: 6",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEArIVxZTGYjqqNegJeMqgZzXKuX3YtxmD4DPnQ",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("K01SXoR9UA4wl6RJK5FGonI5spVnddr6HJny0eY5/RmV1dyL0fNdH2pfnHHoTd9B",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("uXG0PcTn4BqJFlybC6NNaGaByqpNPaOgjJIMHXTaeCuDuzwP02f3UKSfLAFdvUNP",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("fX3yrMRabjVcHJpgUn535Y9Y3ZphSFssiElLpp1vo6QLsdiAl0wgU4HLw9Dfg8sh",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("p3zgAufYUUIx2HChITJ7OO/PH5GEbPvJFbYH4Wx33GEe56JCF9QxxDCqNxsPMrvu",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("mqkSIPIELFl5zVYSFD9PiL8RZQcPJGq5zbF9+szsS/6DSH8biw==",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("Private-Lines: 14",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("SVqUm9zBUN6zaAaUY6TLnIXAhxqv4s1UhzukcN7Ns0Fs1EqdDP4nVMKgmiDxHaAj",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("ucb1PLv7uj2eGt69E+HKH4AC2LtJZNH4qLw+p8QKqdN79oRAMHwtS4cU88eeQ91t",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("2W3wzmTzvYFlE6VbUr3bNl3f68OCQHz+7YJuL8g0eclNuveHB/VmBqnek1LL/cRY",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("wmk8wyzHRl7X8fyjGX0PiOPyVwXBDJFNjjKAdrRCRS0Cc4PWAb/18qrA9ApArQVk",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("a5miOMfrXFF2Vg3JyNgfdDilNKkry9x5oTtfueZkFgu/6pofP5qrTstr+BmB16mu",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("MxcDRF+jOm9XvU1OnrzQ9rBzuaHEfhSHqlKyMGTDuzRtNyxlDBgK4DaZ2z1FJQGF",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("63p36KgVqx571PUJ8P/28VUb6s/OtXcjhxxvhC8Eo0wrTdjzDiX+IovdjOhWgn4v",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("xugaYocotTbhqq+O1w9xYtmG8fP921+TIpHzCkE8QTJzLJ40pemKZ+TAOmhb0OUQ",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("jemqmRohcxx7NEoZ0TsoAe6i+GQJ2cEE7LcNcSX3V66AkyTsTieqk1nSxyHyoF+l",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("rTaVOhFM5H8Etzv94SP3c1if3Qa9cmZaEmfaqrS94bzX+OY/zRIFweT0BeMo3Uac",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("fP6gBDBiLYZeRURcx0mYRdNYlssaKoYLA6c7F3ggo34VfgD6LP+ZYnG8yAXGXSPr",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("lgrfdg/szqSsOKVdkoGTkVy+BgrhITnFIs8TLZsrtSEPmXjEa+QvdP6FPsyN5u6P",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("8s0i8EC0KT0YA77Ps29DEU3fxsXVSc9Xd9qdiWfJ0ce2hOsTwxL1gxtXUKP4xCzm",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("oXaWLFajiws2EjgBbwREj12v0I2N4xrpf/PeJq22EvWLYm9H94DdFrkm0b4p6Kmu",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("Private-MAC: ef04289f158f498b8050e19f1630b4764fe64ab9",bCrlf)

Dim sshKey As New Chilkat.SshKey

' Must specify a password for this PuTTY private key because it is encrypted.
sshKey.Password = "secret"

Dim success As Boolean = sshKey.FromPuttyPrivateKey(sb.GetAsString())
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(sshKey.LastErrorText)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
End If


Debug.WriteLine("success = " & success)