[Bug 1493] New: VisualHostKey suggestions

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           Summary: VisualHostKey suggestions
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 5.1p1
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=49244
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        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ssh
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: cjwatson at debian.org


This bug was originally reported as
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=492447 by Saku Ytti;
I'm just passing it on since I don't know the plans for VisualHostKey.

"It might be interesting, if VisualHostKey would use more geometrically
connecting characters. Such as, say if we printed character -, it could
be followed to the right, by only \, /, -, ., ) etc. Anything that
would make it appear as consistent picture to human eye.

Also I'd like to believe most terminals are capable of ANSI colours, so
that could add accuracy of the identification in very cheap manner, but
the colours would need to be also locked to the neighbouring colours,
so that it would produce consistent colour theme, instead of random
cacophony. Perhaps it could be -o VisualHostKey=colour."

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