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Why is my `id_rsa.pub` 403 characters? Isn't it supposed to be 256? Be gentle.

> cat ./ssh/id_rsa.pub | wc -m

403
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Kieran 2y ago

RSA keys are usually 1024/2048/4096 bits 403 could be an ascii armoured key which is a fancy way of storing a base64 encoded key

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Shawn 2y ago

Thanks, Kieran. I thought I remembered creating a 2048 bit key. I have a server that wants a pubkey for auth, but it's field-validating for 256 chars.

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Kieran 2y ago

Your looking for the key fingerprint I think you can print this with ssh-keygen command but better to Google it

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SMS 2y ago

You don’t know how to keep a secret until needing to keep the memories of the future safe.

Shut up.