For computers with low memory and processor resources you can instruct our python client script to use dropbear ssh client. Just use the 'dropbear' command line switch like in the following example:
python /path/to/sshreachme.py /path/to/id_rsa dropbear
If you use dropbear client, please note that you need to convert your private key file from RFC4716 to PEM format using the following command:
dropbearconvert openssh dropbear id_rsa_RFC4716_FORMAT id_rsa_PEM_FORMAT