• Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  Ubuntu

    Generating New SSH Keys

    Sometimes when we’re doing work, we end up changing an SSH key. You then access the host using something like this: ssh krypted@10.10.10.10 When accessing the host you then get a warning similar to the following if the key changed: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)! It is also possible that a host key has just been changed. The fingerprint for the ECDSA key sent by the remote host is aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:00:11:22:33:00:11:22:33:44:55. Please contact your system administrator. Add correct host key in /home/remi/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message. Offending ECDSA key in /home/remi/.ssh/known_hosts:1 In case you…