openssh reading only SOME ssh1 hostkeys from ssh.com ssh

[Darren Tucker]

Phil Dibowitz wrote:
> However, on a few hosts, openssh has been unable to read the old rsa1
> key and has claimed:
> 
>    debug1: Unsupported cipher 1 used in key file /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.
>    Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
> 
> Does anyone know why it is that openssh has this problem only sometimes,
> and if there is a way to fix it?

I think that's because those keys are encrypted with IDEA, which OpenSSH
does not support for patent reasons.  You can use ssh-keygen *from
commercial ssh* to convert the keys.

See http://www.openssh.com/faq.html#2.5

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