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Re:SSH Artwork by desumeku on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @09:29AM (#42256355)
I don't think the idea is to use the visual representation of the SSH key as a security mechanism but rather to have an SSH key that looks cool when you visualize it.
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Re:SSH Artwork by 0x0 on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @01:26PM (#42258369)
Isn't the whole point of VisualHostKey in ssh to act as a security mechanism, i.e. "yes this looks like the correct server key" on first use on a new client that doesn't already have the key in known_hosts?
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