ssh-keygen: add key format conversion (#6213)

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Alexandru Duzsardi
2021-08-17 21:03:15 +03:00
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2 changed files with 18 additions and 18 deletions

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- Specify file in which to save the key:
`ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/{{filename}}`
`ssh-keygen -f {{~/.ssh/filename}}`
- Generate an ed25519 key with 100 key derivation function rounds:
`ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -a 100`
`ssh-keygen -t {{ed25519}} -a {{100}}`
- Generate an RSA 4096-bit key with email as a comment:
`ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "{{email}}"`
- Retrieve the key fingerprint from a host (useful for confirming the authenticity of the host when first connecting to it via SSH):
`ssh-keygen -l -F {{remote_host}}`
`ssh-keygen -t {{dsa|ecdsa|ed25519|rsa}} -b {{4096}} -C "{{comment|email}}"`
- Remove the keys of a host from the known_hosts file (useful when a known host has a new key):
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- Retrieve the fingerprint of a key in MD5 Hex:
`ssh-keygen -l -E md5 -f ~/.ssh/{{filename}}`
`ssh-keygen -l -E {{md5}} -f {{~/.ssh/filename}}`
- Change the password of a key:
`ssh-keygen -p -f ~/.ssh/{{filename}}`
`ssh-keygen -p -f {{~/.ssh/filename}}`
- Change the type of the key format (for example from OPENSSH format to PEM), the file will be rewritten in-place:
`ssh-keygen -p -N "" -m {{PEM}} -f {{~/.ssh/OpenSSH_private_key}}`