(C) SSH Key Fingerprint

Generates a fingerprint for an SSH key.

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#include <C_CkSshKey.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkSshKey key;
    BOOL success;
    const char *keyStr;
    const char *fingerprint;

    key = CkSshKey_Create();

    // Load an SSH key from an encrypted OpenSSH-formatted private key:
    CkSshKey_putPassword(key,"secret");

    // First load the PEM into a string:
    keyStr = CkSshKey_loadText(key,"privkey_openssh_encrypted.pem");

    // Import into the SSH key object:
    success = CkSshKey_FromOpenSshPrivateKey(key,keyStr);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSshKey_lastErrorText(key));
        CkSshKey_Dispose(key);
        return;
    }

    // Generate the fingerprint:

    fingerprint = CkSshKey_genFingerprint(key);

    printf("%s\n",fingerprint);

    // A sample fingerpring looks like this:
    // ssh-dss 2048 d0:5f:f7:d6:49:60:7b:50:19:f4:41:59:d4:1f:61:7


    CkSshKey_Dispose(key);

    }