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A free and open implementation of the SSH communication security tools.

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ssh-keygen fingerprint format is different between RSA+ECDSA and ED25519

ssh-keygen -l shows you more than just the fingerprint. The fingerprint is the second piece starting with SHA256:. It also shows you the key size in bits, which is the first part; the comment, which …
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OpenSSH Primes - can there be such a thing as "too few" primes available?

As a practical matter, assuming the primes are of sufficient size, a single set of parameters per size is sufficient. That's because a single set of parameters can be used multiple times, and in fact …
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Why are rsa-sha2-512 and rsa-sha2-256 supported but not reported by ssh -Q key?

To determine signature types, you need ssh -Q sig, which, on my system with OpenSSH 8.4, prints the following: ssh-ed25519 [email protected] ssh-rsa rsa-sha2-256 rsa-sha2-512 ssh-dss ecdsa-sha2 …
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ssh -Q key not listing all key types?

The [email protected] type indicates an OpenSSH certificate. … This is useful if you have a controlled environment, like a company, and you want to create a certificate authority to sign OpenSSH keys and restrict access to only those keys. …
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SSH to github.com only adds RSA keys - excludes ed25519 host keys

That's why OpenSSH turned off the CheckHostIP setting in 8.5 and newer. You can see what choices OpenSSH has made based on running ssh -vvv [email protected]. … Note that this decision is made by OpenSSH on the client side; the server always offers the keys, but the client decides whether to update them. …
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Why are FIDO2 protected SSH keys affected by phishing attacks?

These are different contexts. When you're using a FIDO2 token as part of a WebAuthn request, your browser, a trusted party, sends the actual website you're visiting, in addition to the data you're rec …
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How does the weakness of SHA-1 introduce attack vectors in SSH?

the OpenSSH developers are most worried about as well. … So if you're not using OpenSSH certificates, you're probably not at a direct risk from attack. …
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How does ed25519-sk actually works?

The documentation for the U2F-based formats are documented in the OpenSSH distribution in the file PROTOCOL.u2f. This outlines the formats, the design decisions, and all of the protocol messages. …
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