# might want an 'ignore' policy that doesn't chirp to stderr later
       client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.WarningPolicy())

           key_obj = PrivateKey(self.key)
           self.key = None
           try:
               self.key = paramiko.DSSKey.from_private_key(file_obj=key_obj, password=self.password)
           except paramiko.SSHException:
               self.key = paramiko.RSAKey.from_private_key(file_obj=key_obj, password=self.password)

           # try the ssh key, password protected keys are ok
           try:
               client.connect(
                   self.host,
                   port=self.port,
                   username=self.user,
                   password=self.password,
                   look_for_keys=False,
                   pkey=self.key,
                   allow_agent=False
               )