Haha I started trying to format the text so that it was technically a valid ed25519 key, then it became too much work for a silly joke so I settled for filtering/replacing all the invalid chars and slapping the == padding at the end. Needs more AAAAAA strings to really sell it, I think, but I'm glad it turned out well enough to merit a second glance lol.
Edit: I swapped all instances of fuck|fucker|fucking with As, I think it's an improvement.
That's not a valid key. OpenSSH keys are not arbitrary bytes, they contain at least the type of the certificate used and a hostname.
The fact that this is not a valid key does not mean you need to reverse engineer public keys. By design you can just get a public key with a private one.
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EDIT: almost forgot to sign it!
Love,
/u/queerlilhayseed
hehe you have the word ass in your private key, what are the odds
I insert swears into all my ssh keys so they get censored out by profanity filters. Good luck hacking me now, squares 😎🏍️🛹
You should put in some Disney lyrics so they issue a takedown request if it leaks.
The == had me wondering for too long
Haha I started trying to format the text so that it was technically a valid ed25519 key, then it became too much work for a silly joke so I settled for filtering/replacing all the invalid chars and slapping the
==padding at the end. Needs more AAAAAA strings to really sell it, I think, but I'm glad it turned out well enough to merit a second glance lol.Edit: I swapped all instances of
fuck|fucker|fuckingwithAs, I think it's an improvement.It is very good - I will steal it.
Now reverse engineer a matching public key.
What do you mean "reverse engineer"? From
man ssh-keygen:Post the output when you run that on the key that was posted.
That's not a valid key. OpenSSH keys are not arbitrary bytes, they contain at least the type of the certificate used and a hostname.
The fact that this is not a valid key does not mean you need to reverse engineer public keys. By design you can just get a public key with a private one.
Someone help I'm being hacked!
NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW
Shortest RSA key.
Or "Little Whatty Kiddo" as we like to call him ^-^
Is it bad that this bothers me purely because the public key can be derived from the private key, so providing both is unnecessary?
I don't geht it. Can you explain it with your key as an example?
Not bad, I had the same thought.
Can you give me your private key so I can understand it better?
What a coincidence! That's my cat's name.
I just call her whspsps instead
Bit of a mouthful to say, but I'll go with it.
One developer in the whole channel who actually read the requirements smh.
I think not.
I'm pretty sure this name is to long form my vets office database.
Maybe just shorten to
b3B'); drop table animals;?https://xkcd.com/327/
let's push some files to your github
"Little Beblib Bau"
hunter2
Obligatory *******
When you type your password all I see are stars.
I clicked on this post looking for this comment. Otherwise, I would have made it.
The ******* joke and its premise never fails to make me smile.
id_rsa id_rsa.pub
🤔 I do believe this is backwards, or you're Japanese
I’m dislexic. My friends call me Dislexica
lol, rsa in 2026.
Other than size of the keys there's nothing wrong with it. Still plenty secure (from classical attacks)
Should be private ssh key and public ip address. public key can be derived if necessary and it does you no good to have a key to an unknown door
If you only know private key and not public key then isn't it the same as only knowing public key? I thought those were interchangeable
You can derive the public key from the private key
How? Can you give me the commands I've seen it mentioned here a few times I want to try it.
ssh-keygen (1)
I thought that too but they are not. I discovered that recently learning and configuring wireguard.
I normally just skip keygen
it's such a hassle
besides, it means I can connect from anywhere
no one checks the ssh port on prod anyway
Are you my former boss?
Your comment startled me even though I knew that it was a joke.
Public: Ssssssshhhh!
Private: Sssssshhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
public: fake
private: gay
That's a private / pubic key pair.
Please mark your territory by posting the hosts you have visited with your favorite cat name.
My public key:
Public key: b26Stop543looking957at140me8339when8709Im10114naked73856 Private Key: Oh SnAp!
All I see is ********
Hunter2
You seem to be missing a "***".
Public key can be derived from private key.
right but why would I bother doing the extra work if I can just get it from you
192.168.0.1 1.1.1.1
damn im cute
I tried hacking you, but my router coincidentally failed at the same time. You got lucky this time.
I like to update mine based on the season. Right now it's Freddy: JSON
Jokes on you, I have no idea what youre talking about
I think jokes on you x2 then.
Public: myPrivateKey_is
Private: PasswordProtected_so
Pussy Oliver
how do I save as ssh keys is that part of apple key ring?
I set all my SSH private keys to privilege 745 with random numbers modified, maximum accessibility
Little Satan hellper
Cat! My cat is named Cat! The exclamation mark is part of the name.
"Cat! The cat" like "Portugal. the man"
It's what it says on the box.
What's your FUN pirate captain name???
If you're alone most of the day, have lots of valuables in your home and don't own any weapons, reply, "I'm Captain Robin Murderme, Matey!"