PureBasic

SSH Key Fingerprint

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Generates a fingerprint for an SSH key. PureBasic

IncludeFile "CkSshKey.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

    key.i = CkSshKey::ckCreate()
    If key.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

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

    keyStr.s
    ; First load the PEM into a string:
    keyStr = CkSshKey::ckLoadText(key,"privkey_openssh_encrypted.pem")

    ; Import into the SSH key object:
    success = CkSshKey::ckFromOpenSshPrivateKey(key,keyStr)
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkSshKey::ckLastErrorText(key)
        CkSshKey::ckDispose(key)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Generate the fingerprint:
    fingerprint.s
    fingerprint = CkSshKey::ckGenFingerprint(key)

    Debug 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::ckDispose(key)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure