(PHP ActiveX) SSH Host Key Fingerprint

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Demonstrates how to get the SSH server's host key fingerprint after connecting.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Ssh')
$ssh = new COM("Chilkat.Ssh");

$hostname = 'ssh.example.com';
$port = 22;
$success = $ssh->Connect($hostname,$port);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the classic MD5 fingeprint
$md5_fingerprint = $ssh->HostKeyFingerprint;
print $md5_fingerprint . "\n";

// Sample output:
// ssh-rsa 3072 21:b0:d8:41:4e:ef:78:10:20:af:01:b7:71:5d:eb:94

// Starting in Chilkat v9.5.0.92, we can also get the SHA256 fingerprint.
// (it is also possible to get fingerprints using other hash algorithms such as SHA384, SHA512, etc.)

$includeKeyType = 1;
$includeHashName = 1;
$sha256_fingerprint = $ssh->getHostKeyFP('SHA256',$includeKeyType,$includeHashName);
print $sha256_fingerprint . "\n";

// Sample output:
// ssh-rsa SHA256:Ufgj480OsdsCZRjj9sSNM6fpgIcSJ61RsIG8usndUIY=

// The key type and hash name can be optionally included or not.
$includeKeyType = 0;
$includeHashName = 1;
$sha256_fingerprint = $ssh->getHostKeyFP('SHA256',$includeKeyType,$includeHashName);
print $sha256_fingerprint . "\n";

// SHA256:Ufgj480OsdsCZRjj9sSNM6fpgIcSJ61RsIG8usndUIY=

$includeKeyType = 1;
$includeHashName = 0;
$sha256_fingerprint = $ssh->getHostKeyFP('SHA256',$includeKeyType,$includeHashName);
print $sha256_fingerprint . "\n";

// ssh-rsa Ufgj480OsdsCZRjj9sSNM6fpgIcSJ61RsIG8usndUIY=

$includeKeyType = 0;
$includeHashName = 0;
$sha256_fingerprint = $ssh->getHostKeyFP('SHA256',$includeKeyType,$includeHashName);
print $sha256_fingerprint . "\n";

// Ufgj480OsdsCZRjj9sSNM6fpgIcSJ61RsIG8usndUIY=

?>