You can run the tests using tox. The SSH tests require a running SSH server. The following environment variables are used in the SSH tests:
TEST_SSH_HOSTNAME
TEST_SSH_PORT
(optional)TEST_SSH_USERNAME
TEST_SSH_PASSWORD
Tests should pass on CPython 2.6/3.2 and later. There's currently no support for PyPy since paramiko doesn't appear to install on PyPy (in turn, because of PyCrypto).