Hello,

I have a large number of servers sending reports to a central server using keys 
to automatically sftp the report in.  I need to replace the central server 
without going to each client to update the known_host file with a new key so 
that the first transfer doesn't break due to the host being replaced.  I 
realize the whole point of strict checking is to notify if the server has been 
replaced or otherwise modified but I'm sure I'm not the first one to run into 
this.  We are using RSA host keys that get dumped on the client server by the 
package install script.  The new server will have the same IP address and 
hostname and I'm hoping this will help the situation but I'm assuming the key 
is generated using a finger print of the server and which would be different 
from the new one.

Some of the clients are OpenSSH_3.9p1.  The central server and most clients are 
a more recent version of OpenSSH.  Sorry but I can't be more specific than that.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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George Horvath
Project Leader
Bank of Nova Scotia - ISS - TAG Security 
Tel: 416-607-4841
E-mail: [email protected]


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