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Re:Why does my SSH private key still work after changing som... by mkj on Sunday January 01, 2023 @01:10AM (#34204074)
OpenSSH private keys are now their own format, not ASN.1 encoded. There is still two 4 byte "checkint" values that can vary (but must match), but less redundant overall.

https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.bin/ssh/PROTOCOL.key?anno...

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