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Bug#481238: host key fingerprints in .ssh/config



also sprach Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> [2008.05.26.1212 +0200]:
> I'm not sure I understand. Why not just add the fingerprint to
> ~/.ssh/known_hosts directly? What does putting it in the configuration
> file gain you?

I forgot. I know I had some point but it escaped me. It had to do
with merging remote host configuration into one file, namely
.ssh/config, but I forgot the exact reason for it. Sorry,

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