Re: need help with public keys

From: Jesse Trucks (jesse@cyberius.net)
Date: 12/20/02

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    Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 12:23:53 -0600 (CST)
From: Jesse Trucks <jesse@cyberius.net>
To: Thorsten Hofrichter <thofrichter@na.ko.com>

    Use ssh-keygen to generate a new public key file. Then gzip the file
    before sending it to them. This will prevent linefeed data to mix up the
    file. Also, find out if they are using OpenSSH or SSH Communications'
    product. Make sure you export a key for the format they need.

    On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Thorsten Hofrichter wrote:

    > I am new to this group . So hello to all , and thanks in advance for any
    > help you can provide .
    > I am trying to exchange public keys with another company so we can do
    > transfers yet , when I send them my id_rsa.pub they say they format is
    > wrong, I look at my private key and that is the kind of format they want.
    > My public key just has :
    > RSA nowscrambled text.
    >
    > Any ideas would be great as there is a lot of pressure to get this done.
    > Thorsten Hofrichter
    > The Coca-Cola Company
    > Infrastructure and Support Team
    > Phone: 404-676-2240
    > Email: thofrichter@na.ko.com
    >
    >
    > 

    -- 
Jesse Trucks
jesse@cyberius.net
Cyberius' Network
http://www.cyberius.net/

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