Re: SSH - RH9 and PuTty on Windows - ooh-er?

From: Baffledyetagain (raphael.mckenna_at_sodafarl.com)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: 23 Feb 2004 12:27:31 -0800

Richard E. Silverman <res@qoxp.net> wrote in message news:<m2ptc6g9k0.fsf@darwin.oankali.net>...
> > RH9, set up key, RSA 1024 using SSH-KEYGEN.
> > Note the public key is xx:xx:xx...yawn:xx:xx
>
> This is the fingerprint of your public key for user authentication.
>
> > Try to connect, using PuTty on Windows:
> >
> > - get a PuTTY security alert (as expected), with a totally different
> > fingerprint yy:yy:yy....yawn...yy:yy
>
> This is the fingerprint of the server's public key, for server
> authentication.

Thanks, Richard...
But how do I verify that the server's stated public key is correct?
I assume that there is a command I can run on the RH9 server (in
"native" mode), which will state it's public key...?

TIA
Cheers
R

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