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Re:Why does my SSH private key still work after changing som... by lucakiebel on Saturday December 31, 2022 @02:07AM (#34194347)
Well, the answer says

> With this optimization, the values of n, e and d are not required

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Re:Why does my SSH private key still work after changing som... by dataflow on Saturday December 31, 2022 @02:14AM (#34194371)
The thing is, that depends on if the client wants to use the other bits instead. The key is broken if the parts are out of sync, even if some clients ignore some parts.
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