updated gethostkey to work with strings, and the rest of the ui had been updated to reflect this

ShhShell/Host/Host.swift

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ protocol HostPr: Codable, Identifiable, Equatable {
 	var publicKey: Data? { get set }
 	var privateKey: Data? { get set }
 	var passphrase: String { get set }
-	var key: Data? { get set }
+	var key: String? { get set }
 }
 
 struct Host: HostPr {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct Host: HostPr {
 	var publicKey: Data?
 	var privateKey: Data?
 	var passphrase: String = ""
-	var key: Data?
+	var key: String?
 	
 	init(
 		address: String,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct Host: HostPr {
 		publicKey: Data? = nil,
 		privateKey: Data? = nil,
 		passphrase: String = "",
-		hostkey: Data? = nil
+		hostkey: String? = nil
 	) {
 		self.address = address
 		self.port = port

ShhShell/SSH/SSHHandler.swift

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class SSHHandler: @unchecked Sendable, ObservableObject {
 		self.host = host
 	}
 	
-	func getHostkey() -> Data? {
+	func getHostkey() -> String? {
 		var hostkey: ssh_key?
 		ssh_get_server_publickey(session, &hostkey)
 		
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class SSHHandler: @unchecked Sendable, ObservableObject {
 		
 		let status = ssh_pki_export_pubkey_base64(hostkey, &hostkeyB64)
 		guard status == SSH_OK, let cString = hostkeyB64 else { return nil }
-		return String(cString: cString).data(using: .utf8)
+		return String(cString: cString)
 	}
 	
 	func go() {
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ class SSHHandler: @unchecked Sendable, ObservableObject {
 		
 		try? authWithNone()
 		getAuthMethods()
+		
+		if self.host.key != getHostkey() {
 			self.host.key = getHostkey()
+			return
+		}
 		
 		if !host.password.isEmpty {
 			do { try authWithPw() } catch {

ShhShell/Views/ConnectionView.swift

@@ -76,9 +76,8 @@ struct ConnectionView: View {
 					TextField("", text: $passphrase, prompt: Text("Passphrase (Optional)"))
 				}
 				
-				if handler.host.key != nil,
+				if handler.host.key != nil {
-				   let hostkeyString = String(data: handler.host.key!, encoding: .utf8) {
+					Text("Hostkey: \(handler.getHostkey() ?? hostsManager.getHostMatching(handler.host)?.key ?? "nil")")
-					Text("Hostkey: "+hostkeyString)
 					.onChange(of: handler.host.key) { _ in
 							guard let previousKnownHost = hostsManager.getHostMatching(handler.host) else { return }
 							guard handler.host.key == previousKnownHost.key else {
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ struct ConnectionView: View {
 					handler.host.key = hostsManager.getHostMatching(handler.host)?.key
 				}
 			} message: {
-				Text("Expected \(hostsManager.getHostMatching(handler.host)?.key?.base64EncodedString() ?? "null")\nbut recieved \(handler.host.key?.base64EncodedString() ?? "null" ) from the server")
+				Text("Expected \(handler.host.key ?? "nil")\nbut recieved \(handler.getHostkey() ?? "nil") from the server")
 			}
 			.transition(.opacity)
 			.toolbar {