On 2009-02-04, Peter N. M. Hansteen <pe...@bsdly.net> wrote: > Chris <atst...@gmail.com> writes: > >> I've recently enabled VisualHostKey yes in my .ssh/config file. I >> would like to hear from people who are using it and how they are >> finding it useful. > > Not much to say, really. The assumption that the ASCII-art picture > gives you a fairly unique shape per host that stands out more than a > change in a string of hex digits seems to be correct at least in my case. > > One practical example - if you're used to seeing > > Host key fingerprint is 67:88:39:bd:7f:3c:df:a5:47:87:de:bd:9b:5e:7b:55 > > and one morning when you've had way too little coffee you may not > notice anything different if the machine greets you with > > Host key fingerprint is 4b:b3:3e:54:54:ae:f0:0f:8d:28:10:d2:db:53:77:3f
And especially if the difference was more like: > Host key fingerprint is 4b:b3:3e:5d:7f:3c:df:f0:0f:8d:de:bd:9b:53:77:3f > Host key fingerprint is 4b:b3:3e:54:54:ae:f0:0f:8d:28:10:d2:db:53:77:3f
