C++

SSH Key Fingerprint

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Generates a fingerprint for an SSH key. C++

#include <CkSshKey.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkSshKey key;

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

    const char *keyStr = 0;
    // First load the PEM into a string:
    keyStr = key.loadText("privkey_openssh_encrypted.pem");

    // Import into the SSH key object:
    success = key.FromOpenSshPrivateKey(keyStr);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << key.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Generate the fingerprint:
    const char *fingerprint = 0;
    fingerprint = key.genFingerprint();

    std::cout << fingerprint << "\r\n";

    // 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
    }