Public key: b26Stop543looking957at140me8339when8709Im10114naked73856 Private Key: Oh SnAp!
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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
I thought that too but they are not. I discovered that recently learning and configuring wireguard.
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAABG5vbmUAAAAEbm9uZQAAAAAAAAABAAAAMwAAAAtzc2gtZW
QyNTUxOQAAACC6BPuFW94rFl033+m7MHTouxkIdEXsilx+sI6Z6Iul7AAAAJAHHAUZBxwF
GQAAAAtzc2gtZWQyNTUxOQAAACC6BPuFW94rFl033+m7MHTouxkIdEXsilx+sI6Z6Iul7A
AAAEAHVmMS+9A6uhD6r6iUAxubrNuS2lx4CPayJ2B4hL8HNroE+4Vb3isWXTff6bswdOi7
GQh0ReyKXH6wjpnoi6XsAAAACHdhbGRvQGhlAQIDBAU=
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
***
PUBLIC KEY BELOW
***
ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILoE+4Vb3isWXTff6bswdOi7GQh0ReyKXH6wjpnoi6Xs
Bit of a mouthful to say, but I'll go with it.
What a coincidence! That's my cat's name.
I just call her whspsps instead
I'm pretty sure this name is to long form my vets office database.
Please mark your territory by posting the hosts you have visited with your favorite cat name.
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
WhattheAAAAdidyoujustAAAAAAAsayaboutmeyoulittlebitch+IllhaveyouknowIg
raduatedtopofmyclassintheNavySealsandIvebeeninvolvedinnumeroussecretr
aidsonAl+QuaedaandIhaveover300confirmedkillsIamtrainedingorillawarfar
eandImthetopsniperintheentireUSarmedforcesYouarenothingtomebutjustano
thertargetIwillwipeyoutheAAAAoutwithprecisionthelikesofwhichhasneverb
eenseenbeforeonthisEarthmarkmyAAAAAAAwordsYouthinkyoucangetawaywithsa
yingthatshittomeovertheInternet+ThinkagainAAAAAAAswespeakIamcontactin
gmysecretnetworkofspiesacrosstheUSAandyourIPisbeingtracedrightnowsoyo
ubetterprepareforthestormmaggotThestormthatwipesoutthepatheticlittlet
hingyoucallyourlifeYoureAAAAAAAdeadkidIcanbeanywhereanytimeandIcankil
lyouinoversevenhundredwaysandthatsjustwithmybarehandsNotonlyamIextens
ivelytrainedinunarmedcombatbutIhaveaccesstotheentirearsenaloftheUnite
dStatesAAAAAACorpsandIwilluseittoitsfullextenttowipeyourmiserableasso
ffthefaceofthecontinentyoulittleshitIfonlyyoucouldhaveknownwhatunholy
retributionyourlittle/clever/commentwasabouttobringdownuponyoumaybeyo
uwouldhaveheldyourAAAAAAAtongueButyoucouldntyoudidntandnowyourepaying
thepriceyougoddamnidiotIwillshitfuryalloveryouandyouwilldrowninitYour
eAAAAAAAdeadkiddo==
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
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|fucking with As, I think it's an improvement.
It is very good - I will steal it.
Someone help I'm being hacked!
Now reverse engineer a matching public key.
NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW
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?
Can you give me your private key so I can understand it better?
Not bad, I had the same thought.
Little Satan hellper
Jokes on you, I have no idea what youre talking about
I think jokes on you x2 then.
id_rsa id_rsa.pub
lol, rsa in 2026.
🤔 I do believe this is backwards, or you're Japanese
I’m dislexic. My friends call me Dislexica
public: fake
private: gay
That's a private / pubic key pair.
hunter2
Obligatory *******
When you type your password all I see are stars.
Public: Ssssssshhhh!
Private: Sssssshhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
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
Public: myPrivateKey_is
Private: PasswordProtected_so
Pussy Oliver
how do I save as ssh keys is that part of apple key ring?