RFC 4716

The Secure Shell (SSH) Public Key File Format, November 2006

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Status:
INFORMATIONAL
Updated by:
RFC 9519
Authors:
J. Galbraith
R. Thayer
Stream:
IETF
Source:
secsh (sec)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4716

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Abstract

This document formally documents an existing public key file format in use for exchanging public keys between different Secure Shell (SSH) implementations.

In addition, this document defines a standard textual representation for SSH public key fingerprints. This memo provides information for the Internet community.


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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