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2003 Nov 13
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corrupt client keys question
...se. Assuming that
the ssh client will still read the file (which depends on where the
file is corrupted) I can still use this corrupted file and STILL
successfully log into the SSH server.
Running openssl rsa -check on the corrupted private confirms it's corrupt:
> $ openssl rsa -in rsa-corrupt1 -check
> RSA key error: dmp1 not congruent to d
> ...
> $
I can understand the SSH client not checking that the private key is
valid, but I would expect that this would be uncovered when the SSH
server attempts to verify the signature?
Anyone got a clue on how this is working, or a...