Sep 7, 2017 #1 S Stugots Supreme [H]ardness Joined Feb 25, 2004 Messages 7,255 Does anyone know how to convert an OpenSSH public host key to OpenSSL PEM format? I have an application that is trying to do host key validation and it will only accept keys in OpenSSL PEM format, even for OpenSSH connections.
Does anyone know how to convert an OpenSSH public host key to OpenSSL PEM format? I have an application that is trying to do host key validation and it will only accept keys in OpenSSL PEM format, even for OpenSSH connections.
Sep 7, 2017 #2 B00nie [H]F Junkie Joined Nov 1, 2012 Messages 9,327 Did you try to google? https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/32768/converting-keys-between-openssl-and-openssh
Did you try to google? https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/32768/converting-keys-between-openssl-and-openssh
Sep 7, 2017 #3 S Stugots Supreme [H]ardness Joined Feb 25, 2004 Messages 7,255 I've seen that page, and I've been using the "ssh-keygen -f ssh_host_rsa_key.pub -e -m pem" command referenced there. But I wasn't 100% sure if this was what I needed or not. Last edited: Sep 15, 2017
I've seen that page, and I've been using the "ssh-keygen -f ssh_host_rsa_key.pub -e -m pem" command referenced there. But I wasn't 100% sure if this was what I needed or not.
Sep 15, 2017 #4 S Stugots Supreme [H]ardness Joined Feb 25, 2004 Messages 7,255 This is the command that I needed. openssl req -new -x509 -key ssh_host_rsa_key -out ssh_host_rsa_cert.pem -days 3652
This is the command that I needed. openssl req -new -x509 -key ssh_host_rsa_key -out ssh_host_rsa_cert.pem -days 3652
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