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Re: libpam_ssh: openssh embedded code update: ecdsa: key_load_private: invalid format



Hello Again,

since my first email, the issue analysis has been refined. 

On 05/03/15 15:29, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> Hello List,
> 
> as maintainer of the Debian package libpam_ssh [1], I am updating its embedded openssh code
> to version 6.7p1. So far so good, or quite good: a the testing stage, it appears that ecdsa keys
> failed: I get the error message emitted from the embedded openssh6.7p1 code:
> 
> error: key_load_private: invalid format

I get this issue only for ecdsa 521 bits keys.


> 
> On the other hand, I can add the involved key via ssh-add without trouble.
> My first guess is that some patch for the Debian openssh-6.7p1 fix this issue,
> but so far I cannot figure out which one and even whether or not the guess is right:
> hence my email to this list.
> 
> Any hint is welcome.
> Best regards,
> Jerome

Jerome

> 
> [1] https://packages.qa.debian.org/libp/libpam-ssh.html
> 
> 


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