Questions tagged [rsa]

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Convert rsa to ppk file in MAC

I want to convert the id_rsa file to ppk file. I found there are many websites teaching "how to convert ppk to rsa in MAC" but not vice versa. Is there a way to convert rsa private key to ppk for windows to use from MAC?
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Why won't my SSH keys forward properly?

I'm trying to ssh from my machine to another machine and from there to a third machine. When I do it manually, it works like this: localhost$ scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa myuser@myhost.something.something.com:. localhost$ ssh…
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Create a public private key pair for certificate in IIS

I need to create a public/private key pair for a certificate request. I would like to use IIS. Once the certificate is signed I will be distributing it to multiple servers and therefor will need the private key portion as well. There are plenty of…
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What is the best approach for RSA key management on Ubuntu?

We have 2 dozen servers and we are moving to RSA authentication. Of course, some developers, the IT, some Execs.. etc.. they all send their keys, who knows where they store them, who knows if they set passphrases etc.. Then on the server, we don't…
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I created an RSA key but SSH keeps asking the password

On my Mac, I created an RSA key with ssh-keygen -t rsa and saved it as .ssh/authorized_keys on the target server (Ubuntu). I put this in server's /etc/ssh/sshd_config: PubkeyAuthentication yes RSAAuthentication yes and restarted SSH. However, it…
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Can apache use a key agent to store private keys for SSL?

For mod_ssl in apache to work, you need your RSA private key on the server. If the key is passphrase protected, you have to enter the passphrase whenever you restart apache. There is SSLPassPhraseDialog so you can store the key encrypted and have a…
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How to allow password authentication OR key authentication on CentOS 5.7?

is it possible to enable the use of password authentication or key authentication in CentOS 5.7? All I can find is setting PasswordAuthentication to no which forces the use of keys... Thanks
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SSH login without password

I know that you can use ssh-keygen to generate a public/private key pair. Then you can install the public key on a remote server. You can then login without supplying a password. I haven't been successful in setting up key-based authentication. SSH…
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What are the Jenkins/Hudson key files for?

After I have installed Jenkins (on Windows), the program folder contains, among others, two files: identity.key (28 lines) -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- MIIEow...... ... -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- secret.key (64 characters) d6....38 (I've…
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How to validate opendkim generated RSA keys

I'm trying to diagnose OpenDKIM validation errors (see this question). Way down in the belly of the beast, I'm at the point where I'm trying to make sure the keys generated are actually correct. I'm generating my keys with opendkim-genkey -r -d…
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openvpn client certificate error with "unsupported purpose"

I was following this wiki instruction to generate OpenVPN client certificate. This involves: easyrsa gen-req client1 nopass I tried to use this client1 certificate in my OpenVPN setup. The server log show the following logs (note: the IP address…
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Server still prompts for password after SSH configuration, Ubuntu 17.10 x64

EDIT: After consulting verbose logs as was suggested, I found the error myself. Answer is at the bottom. I have a DigitalOcean droplet I want to use as a development environment. I've created a non-root user with sudo privileges to do all the actual…
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How can I ssh to server with rsa-key with specific username?

I want to ssh from my home computer (user: antonio@antonio-home) to serveruser@serverhost with rsa-key. I generated rsa-key with ssh-keygen -t rsa and uploaded to server, but it is still asking me for password. If I will create user antonio on…
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IIS not sending intermediate SSL certificate

I installed a Comodo Certificate on Windows Server 2012 / IIS 8.5. For most clients this certificate works without a hitch, but older Android units running Chrome and also Chrome on MacOS Sierra cannot access the site properly because the site is…
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Transfer SSH private and public keys after reinstall

I need to reinstall my system (debian) but I wonder if I could backup my pub and priv keys and then set them up on the new system. Too many servers already have my pub key and I do not want to change it. Will it work or is the pair of keys dependent…
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