diff --git a/phpseclib/Crypt/Common/Formats/Keys/PuTTY.php b/phpseclib/Crypt/Common/Formats/Keys/PuTTY.php
index 51b03f0e..5d97c4a7 100644
--- a/phpseclib/Crypt/Common/Formats/Keys/PuTTY.php
+++ b/phpseclib/Crypt/Common/Formats/Keys/PuTTY.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ abstract class PuTTY
      * @param string $password
      * @return array
      */
-    protected static function load($key, $password)
+    public static function load($key, $password)
     {
         if (!is_string($key)) {
             throw new \UnexpectedValueException('Key should be a string - not a ' . gettype($key));
diff --git a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP/Stream.php b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP/Stream.php
index 4e20a1f9..4136301e 100644
--- a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP/Stream.php
+++ b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP/Stream.php
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class Stream
      * @return string
      * @access private
      */
-    private function parse_path($path)
+    protected function parse_path($path)
     {
         $orig = $path;
         extract(parse_url($path) + ['port' => 22]);