A passphrase is a sequence of words or other text used to control access to a computer system, program or data. Passphrases are often used to control both access to, and operation of, cryptographic programs and systems.
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Linux: SSH/SCP Ask for id_dsa passphrase even in key-less connections
I have a public/private key pair for ssh connections to a server S, but now, even if do a ssh to another device that does't need any key authentication, I always have the message:
> ssh user@192.168.0.10
Enter passphrase for key…

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Should I store passphrase in jsp
I need to generate a key with a passphrase in jsp using PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1 algorithms, CryptoJs library, then I use this key to encrypt the user login password and pass to server, and in the server, generate the key again and decrypt the user login…

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Cannot remove passphrase from private key with openssl
All the web pages our there suggest removing the passphrase from a private key file by running a simple openssl command. But when I run the command it does not ask for my current passphrase or remove it from the newly created one.
Here is what I…

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Generate IV and key using CryptoJs
I'm using CryptoJS on a small project. For a time I used simple encryption methods. By passing a passphrase, and letting crypto-js produce the IV and KEY. This used to work very well.
Now i want to use progressive cyphering. To do this i need to…

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Restore passphrase rsa/dsa keys
I've installed new Ubuntu from scratch on my new machine and want to have an access to the remote host using ssh. The problem is that even if I have both public and private keys I forgot the passphrase used whilst creating keys because right after…

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Retrieve DSA key passphrase
I use dsa key with passphrase to login via ssh into CentOS 6 remote server. Unfortunately I forgot the passphrase.
Is there a way to reset or retrieve passsphrase?
I still do have access to root of remote server through webmin.

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How to decrease passphrase length for snmp?
We got this error when running this command :
[cacti ~]$ snmpwalk -v 3 -a MD5 -u super -x AES -X AAAAAA 10.X.X.X
2011-01-20 16:58:12 Error: passphrase chosen is below the length requirements of the USM (min=8).
2011-01-20 16:58:12 snmpwalk: (The…

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decryption requires private key and passphrase
Is it possible to require BOTH a private key and a passphrase in order to decrypt a file using gpg? I understand I can encrypt the file twice once using the public key. Then encrypt that file with the passphrase. Is there an option in gpg that will…

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Encrypting a private key with a passphrase
I am working on a system where I need to store an RSA private key on a server.
I intend to use OpenSSL to generate the private key and to apply a passphrase to it so that the private key is encrypted on the server.
Can anyone tell me what process…

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SSH Key - Prompt for passphrase on only 1 of the entire list of Windows servers
I generated ssh private and public key on Unix hostx.
I use this private key C:\\Temp\\id_rsa_tmp on several Windows hosts to establish ssh connections.
The same ssh command (having same user windowsuser, same private key C:\\Temp\\id_rsa_tmp, and…

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passphrase recovery for open pgp secret key
I tried to commit changes in GitHub from visual studio code. But it asks me to enter the passphrase to unlock the OpenPGP secret key. I couldn't remember my passphrase. So, now I am looking for how to reset it.
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Transferring a passphrase protected private SSH key to another machine
I am trying to use the same SSH keys on a new machine. This was my original setup:
~/.ssh/mykey
~/.ssh has 700 permission
~/.ssh/mykey has 600 permission
I used ssh -i to specify the key used to log into a server.
I copied the paths, contents,…

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Flow variable is not working for Passphrase attribute in SFTP Outbound endpoint in Mule
I need to send passphrase through flow variable to passphrase attribute in the SFTP Outbound endpoint. But when value is sent through flow variable it is not working. If i send the value through property file it is working fine. My requirement is to…

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Java - How to encrypt data manually using passphrase?
I am trying to encrypt and decrypt a file just for fun. For now I'm using Base64 but I want to do it using a passphrase. I would appreciate if there was some way of doing that manually without using so many already-made classes. I like to make my…

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Django Randomly generated words (passphrase or mimetic word)
I'm looking for a django package that generate mimetic words.
here is the scenario, when a new user finished the registration he will be redirected to a new page where a random sentence of 5 words appears, the user must save this sentence to use it…

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