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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _get_transport(self):
 """ Return the SSH transport to the remote gateway """

        if self.ssh_proxy:
            if isinstance(self.ssh_proxy, paramiko.proxy.ProxyCommand):
                proxy_repr = repr(self.ssh_proxy.cmd[1])
            else:
                proxy_repr = repr(self.ssh_proxy)
            self.logger.debug('Connecting via proxy: {0}'.format(proxy_repr))
            _socket = self.ssh_proxy
        else:
            _socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        if isinstance(_socket, socket.socket):
            _socket.settimeout(SSH_TIMEOUT)
            _socket.connect((self.ssh_host, self.ssh_port))
        transport = paramiko.Transport(_socket)
        transport.set_keepalive(self.set_keepalive)
        transport.use_compression(compress=self.compression)
        transport.daemon = self.daemon_transport

        return transport