Question about key file formats used by OpenSSH

Markus Friedl markus.r.friedl at arcor.de
Tue Feb 3 19:55:05 EST 2009


On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 03:04:54PM +0100, Elvis Stansvik wrote:
> Are these formats specified somewhere, short of reading OpenSSH source
> code? Why not use RFC4716 natively?

1) OpenSSH predates RFC4716
2) OpenSSH traditionally uses one-line per key in authorized keys
   files so I decided to use the current format.

-m


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