Index: pym/getbinpkg.py
===================================================================
--- pym/getbinpkg.py	(revision 6656)
+++ pym/getbinpkg.py	(working copy)
@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@
 				conn.login(username)
 			conn.set_pasv(passive)
 			conn.set_debuglevel(0)
+		elif protocol == "sftp":
+			try:
+				import paramiko
+			except ImportError:
+				raise NotImplementedError(
+					"paramiko must be installed for sftp support")
+			t = paramiko.Transport(host)
+			t.connect(username=username, password=password)
+			conn = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(t)
 		else:
 			raise NotImplementedError, "%s is not a supported protocol." % protocol
 
@@ -301,6 +310,8 @@
 			del olddir
 		else:
 			listing = conn.nlst(address)
+	elif protocol == "sftp":
+		listing = conn.listdir(address)
 	else:
 		raise TypeError, "Unknown protocol. '%s'" % protocol
 
@@ -326,6 +337,13 @@
 		data,rc,msg = make_http_request(conn, address, params, headers)
 	elif protocol in ["ftp"]:
 		data,rc,msg = make_ftp_request(conn, address, -chunk_size)
+	elif protocol == "sftp":
+		f = conn.open(address)
+		try:
+			f.seek(-chunk_size, 2)
+			data = f.read()
+		finally:
+			f.close()
 	else:
 		raise TypeError, "Unknown protocol. '%s'" % protocol
 	
@@ -403,6 +421,8 @@
 		data,rc,msg = make_http_request(conn, address, params, headers, dest=dest)
 	elif protocol in ["ftp"]:
 		data,rc,msg = make_ftp_request(conn, address, dest=dest)
+	elif protocol == "sftp":
+		conn.get(address, dest)
 	else:
 		raise TypeError, "Unknown protocol. '%s'" % protocol