what are some common interview questions related to ssh known_hosts and SSH security

Jan 3, 2020 ... 1 ECDSA host key for 192.168.1.123 has changed and you have requested strict checking. Host key verification failed. Feb 28, 2018 ... The first time you contact an ssh server, you're presented with a fingerprint and asked whether you want to trust the server to be who it is ... May 30, 2013 ... ... ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message. May 30 11:14:02 Offending key in /root/.ssh/known_hosts:1 May 30 11:14:02 RSA host key for ... Sep 14, 2020 ... FreeIPA is reporting that it is in /var/lib/sss/pubconf/known_hosts but I can't reverse engineer the hostname by doing sshkey -R 1.2.3.4. Nov 17, 2024 ... ED25519 key fingerprint is SHA256:+DiY3wvvV6TuJJhbpZisF/zLDA0zPMSvHdkr4UvCOqU. This key is not known by any other names. I already generated and ... Dec 8, 2024 ... TIL `ssh-keygen -R ` to remove a host from ~/.ssh/known_hosts. I'm adding it as reminder comment on the top line of that file. Jul 15, 2022 ... ssh' (No such file or directory). Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts (~/.ssh/known_hosts). send packet: type 21 set_newkeys ... Feb 28, 2023 ... ... ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message. Offending ECDSA key in //.ssh/known_hosts:3 Host key for gitbio.ens-lyon.fr has changed ... Jan 9, 2012 ... We can make SSH automatically write new host keys to the known_hosts file by setting StrictHostKeyChecking to “no” in the ~/.ssh/config file. optionally providing a ~/.ssh/known_hosts file so that ssh can authenticate hosts you connect to. ... known hosts at ~/.ssh/known_hosts , or; a list of file-like ...

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