If there is a phantom key you can't see it using that the command "show crypto 
key mypubkey rsa"

No matter what I do I cant build a key that works.

I'll open TAC case to see if they can see phantom key in tech dump.


Jeff
On Feb 28, 2011, at 16:51 , [email protected] wrote:

> show crypto key mypubkey rsa
> 
> Also, I have found you can change the hostname if you specify the new 
> keypair-name using:
> 
> ip ssh rsa keypair-name <keypair-name>
> 
> Just be sure to do this after changing the hostname or domain suffix but 
> BEFORE you disconnect. Otherwise new SSH connections will be broken. Test it 
> of course prior to disconnecting your working session. :) The new 
> keypair-name can be seen using the show crypto key mypubkey rsa command, but 
> should be the FQDN  of the device.
> 
> I don't know if that process is officially supported or works in all 
> circumstances, but I've stumbled across it has worked for me when renaming 
> devices running SSH. Perhaps it will help you out. Your IOS must also support 
> specifying the ssh rsa keypair-name as well. Not all of them do. SXI should 
> from what I see.
> 
> -Vinny
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Fitzwater
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 3:40 PM
> To: Bill Blackford
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ssh Crypto key broke ??
> 
> I just added VRF interface SVI and still have old non-vrf SVI.
> 
> If there is a phantom key, that may have been introduced (name unknown), is 
> there a way to see them in some kind of dump?
> 
> 
> Jeff
> On Feb 28, 2011, at 15:19 , Bill Blackford wrote:
> 
>> This could be way off base here, but if changing to a new VRF is 
>> anything like changing a hostname, then you're require a reboot.
>> 
>> -b
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Jeff Fitzwater <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Running 12.2.33-SXI3 on 6500
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Config had one IP interface.
>>> 
>>> Also had SSH enabled with crypto key mod 1024 and all has been working for 
>>> ever.
>>> 
>>> NOW COMES THE CHANGE....
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Had to add new VRF interface.
>>> 
>>> Made VTY vrf-aware and added new IP to VTY ACL.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Initially I could SSH using new IP and OLD.
>>> 
>>> About an hour later SSH stopped working with log errors shown below.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> SSH2 1: RSA_sign: private key not found
>>> SSH2 1: signature creation failed, status -1
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I cleared crypto keys but no luck.
>>> Also cleared my local .ssh2 hostkeys.
>>> 
>>> Also see there is still crypto bug that truncates last character of key 
>>> name leaving a phantom key.
>>> 
>>> -----
>>> This is fix for bug, but it did not work either...
>>> 
>>> ---------  This was note from my CISCO rep.
>>> 
>>> For example, our switch was named "switch-core1" with a domain of "ox.com". 
>>> The fqdn was "switch-core1.ox.com". After the upgrade, the hidden corrupted 
>>> key was labeled "switch-core1.ox.co".
>>> 
>>> The solution is to create a key with the bad label that will overwrite the 
>>> phantom, then delete it:
>>> 
>>> switch-core1(config)#crypto key generate rsa general-keys label 
>>> switch-core1.ox.co modulus 512 switch-core1(config)#crypto key 
>>> zeroize rsa switch-core1.ox.co
>>> 
>>> and the phantom key will be gone.
>>> 
>>> ------------
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Need help... any ideas???
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jeff Fitzwater
>>> OIT Network Systems
>>> Princeton University
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Bill Blackford
>> Network Engineer
>> 
>> Logged into reality and abusing my sudo privileges.....
> 
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