To correct myself, for the record...
"To paraphrase, this will convert an SSH2 public key into an OpenSSH
compatible private key."
... should read ...
"To paraphrase, this will convert an SSH2 public key into an OpenSSH
compatible /public/ key."
Thanks!
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Sundland, Raymond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
| Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 1:49 PM
| To: 'Christophe Dupre'; Carl J. Nobile
| Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Subject: RE: Interop issue between openssh and ssh.com
|
|
| Chris,
|
| The keys for the 2 systems differ. OpenSSH uses the old method of key
| storage while SSH uses a new PGP-style method. I think they
| call this the
| "SECSH public key file format' in the OpenSSH ssh-keygen man
| page (man 1
| ssh-keygen).
|
| Within the OpenSSH keygen manpage, they show the -i option
| for converting
| the old style SSH keys to SECSH style for compatibility with SSH
| communications' server:
|
| -i This option will read an unencrypted private (or
| public) key file
| in SSH2-compatible format and print an OpenSSH
| compatible private
| (or public) key to stdout. ssh-keygen also reads
| the `SECSH'
| Public Key File Format . This option allows
| importing keys from
| several commercial SSH implementations.
|
| To paraphrase, this will convert an SSH2 public key into an OpenSSH
| compatible private key.
|
| # ssh -i -f keyfile.pub
|
| Likewise, FYI, the -e option does the reverse.
|
|
| | -----Original Message-----
| | From: Christophe Dupre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
| | Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 12:29 PM
| | To: Carl J. Nobile
| | Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| | Subject: RE: Interop issue between openssh and ssh.com
| |
| |
| |
| | Hi Carl,
| | The SSH.COM version 2.2 supports only the 2.0 protocol, and we've
| | configured openssh to use that version exclusively. But, how
| | do I transfer
| | a public key made with openssh's ssh-keygen tool and have
| | ssh.com' sshd
| | recognized it ?
| |
| | On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Carl J. Nobile wrote:
| |
| | > Hi Christophe,
| | >
| | > There are two protocols for ssh, the 1.5 and the 2.0
| | protocols. You HAVE
| | > to use the same protocol version on both ends. The 1.5
| | protocol is the
| | > old one. If that's what you are using then upgrade. It is
| | possable to run
| | > both on the same machine concurrently, but be aware that
| | the 1.5 protocol
| | > is not as secure as the 2.0 protocol.
| | >
| | > Carl
| | >
| | > On 16-Aug-01 Christophe Dupre wrote:
| | > >
| | > > Hi,
| | > > we are using openssh at our site, but one of my user need
| | to use RSA
| | > > authentication to connect to another site, where they use
| | ssh.com 2.2.
| | > > Since the key file format are different, how are we supposed to
| | > > exchange
| | > > the public keys ?
| | > >
| | > > --
| | > > ---
| | > > Christophe Dupre
| | > >
| | > > "When all else fails, so will your computer" - Murphy
| | > >
| | > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
| | > > Version: 3.12
| | > > GCS d- s:++ a-- C++ ULS++++$ UI++ UH++>++++ P++ L+++ !E
| W N+ o? K
| | > > w++>--
| | > > O M+ V-- PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP+ t+ 5+ X+ R tv+ b++ DI+ D+ G+ e++
| | h--- r++ z+
| | > > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
| | >
| | >
| | --------------------------------------------------------------
| | ----------
| | > E-Mail: Carl J. Nobile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| | > Date: 16-Aug-01 Phone:
| | 315-453-2912 Ex. 5336
| | > Time: 11:45:52 Fax: 315-479-0859
| | >
| | > Software Engineering Group -- AppliedTheory Corp.
| | > 224 Harrison Street, 6th Floor, Syracuse, NY 13202
| | >
| | --------------------------------------------------------------
| | ----------
| | >
| |
| | --
| | ---
| | Christophe Dupre
| |
| | "When all else fails, so will your computer" - Murphy
| |
| | -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
| | Version: 3.12
| | GCS d- s:++ a-- C++ ULS++++$ UI++ UH++>++++ P++ L+++ !E W N+
| | o? K w++>--
| | O M+ V-- PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP+ t+ 5+ X+ R tv+ b++ DI+ D+ G+ e++
| h--- r++ z+
| | ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
| |
|
