Re: ssh key fingerprint [SOLVED]

[Gustav Schaffter <gustav schaffter com>]

I found the answer myself.

I've found out that ssh-keygen does this when given the '-l' option and
a file name.

<OPINION>
Not very intuitive, IMO. A 'keygen' application makes me thinking of
generating (creating) keys, not to do any other administrative work with
existing keys. IMO the application should have been named 'ssh-keys' or
something similar. (I know, I could create a short-cut or an alias or
whatever. But that's not necessary now when I know it.)

OK, I'll stop grumbling here... ;-)
</OPINION>

Regards
Gustav

Gustav Schaffter wrote:
<snip> 
> Question:
> How can I, on the sshd server computer extract this fingerprint from a
> public key so that I can read it up to my friend over the telephone and
> he can know for sure that he's connecting to my computer?

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