#OPENSSH PUBLIC KEY FORMAT SOFTWARE#

The first line of a conforming key file MUST be a begin marker, which RFC 4716 SSH Public Key File Format November 2006 3.2. Implementations SHOULD be prepared to read files using any of theĬommon line termination sequence,, , or. In the event that public key files are not transferred as text files, Implementations SHOULD generate public key files using their system's In the file MUST NOT be longer than 72 8-bit bytes excluding line Must share public key files between the client and the server inĪ key file is a text file, containing a sequence of lines. In order to implement public key authentication, SSH implementations 'SHOULD', 'SHOULD NOT', 'RECOMMENDED', 'MAY', and 'OPTIONAL' in thisĭocument are to be interpreted as described in. The key words 'MUST', 'MUST NOT', 'REQUIRED', 'SHALL', 'SHALL NOT', That uniquely represents a particular public key, called This document describes a mechanism for creating a short text string Public key provided by the server is indeed the server's public key. In this scenario, it is important to verify that the The SSH protocol also uses public/private key pairs to authenticate Mechanisms in order to exchange public keys. That can be used with any of the common existing file transfer This document formally describes an existing public key file format

Protocol, public keys must first be exchanged between client and However, in order to use public key authentication in the SSH Order to perform authentication based on public key cryptography. The SSH protocol supports the use of public/private key pairs in

RFC 4716 SSH Public Key File Format November 2006 1.

In addition, this document defines a standard textual representationġ. In use for exchanging public keys between different Secure Shell This document formally documents an existing public key file format Not specify an Internet standard of any kind. This memo provides information for the Internet community. The Secure Shell (SSH) Public Key File Format

#OPENSSH PUBLIC KEY FORMAT SOFTWARE#

Request for Comments: 4716 VanDyke Software

Openssh public key format