When using `ssh-keygen` to generate a user key, the default output includes a randomart image. I'm trying to figure out what the usefulness of this image is for user keys. For host keys, the benefit is easily explained, as it makes it easier for a human to ensure the remote host's key has not changed. But for user keys I do not see a use. I know that ssh-keygen is used to generate both host and user keys, so my original thought was that it was because the utility didn't know whether it was a user key or a host key being generated. But then you have the `-A` option which generates the host keys. When you use this option, the randomart image doesn't show up. So the utility is not showing randomart images for host keys where the usefulness is obvious, and it is showing it for user keys where the usefulness is not apparent. Can anyone explain this behavior, and what benefit randomart has for a user key? Thanks -Patrick _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
