Package: file Version: 4.17-4 Severity: normal Program "file" doesn't recognize correctly OpenSSH/OpenSSL public & private keys :
$ file .ssh/id_* .ssh/id_dsa: ASCII text .ssh/id_dsa.pub: ASCII text, with very long lines .ssh/id_rsa: ASCII text .ssh/id_rsa.pub: ASCII text, with very long lines With the attached patch applyed , we now get this : $ file .ssh/id_* .ssh/id_dsa: PEM DSA private key .ssh/id_dsa.pub: OpenSSH DSA public key .ssh/id_rsa: PEM RSA private key .ssh/id_rsa.pub: OpenSSH RSA public key Attached patch targets /etc/magic but may be changed to /usr/share/file/magic. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.3 Versions of packages file depends on: ii libc6 2.6.1-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libmagic1 4.17-4 File type determination library us
3a4,14 > #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > # OpenSSH / OpenSSL keys/certificates > # from Nicolas Collignon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 0 string SSH\ PRIVATE\ KEY OpenSSH RSA1 private key > >28 string >\0 version %s > 0 string ssh-rsa\ OpenSSH RSA public key > 0 string ssh-dss\ OpenSSH DSA public key > 0 string -----BEGIN\ CERTIFICATE----- PEM certificate > 0 string -----BEGIN\ CERTIFICATE\ REQ PEM certificate request > 0 string -----BEGIN\ RSA\ PRIVATE PEM RSA private key > 0 string -----BEGIN\ DSA\ PRIVATE PEM DSA private key
