1 This document describes the private key format for OpenSSH.
5 The key consists of a header, a list of public keys, and
6 an encrypted list of matching private keys.
8 #define AUTH_MAGIC "openssh-key-v1"
19 string encrypted, padded list of private keys
21 2. KDF options for kdfname "bcrypt"
28 are concatenated and represented as a string.
30 3. Unencrypted list of N private keys
32 The list of privatekey/comment pairs is padded with the
33 bytes 1, 2, 3, ... until the total length is a multiple
34 of the cipher block size.
51 Before the key is encrypted, a random integer is assigned
52 to both checkint fields so successful decryption can be
53 quickly checked by verifying that both checkint fields
58 The KDF is used to derive a key, IV (and other values required by
59 the cipher) from the passphrase. These values are then used to
60 encrypt the unencrypted list of private keys.
64 For unencrypted keys the cipher "none" and the KDF "none"
65 are used with empty passphrases. The options if the KDF "none"
68 $OpenBSD: PROTOCOL.key,v 1.1 2013/12/06 13:34:54 markus Exp $