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Load SSH Keys Produced by ssh-keygen

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Demonstrates how to load the public and private keys produced by ssh-keygen.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

'  We first generate a key like this:

'      ssh-keygen -f stg.chilkat.id
'      Generating public/private rsa key pair.
'      Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
'      Enter same passphrase again:
'      Your identification has been saved in stg.chilkat.id.
'      Your public key has been saved in stg.chilkat.id.pub.
'      The key fingerprint is:
'      SHA256:hkbgexkspxYTa8rYUxouRU8Gi7lbbsT6dSLX+JlStKk me@example02240
'      The key's randomart image is:
'      +---[RSA 2048]----+
'      |  o.=            |
'      | + * =           |
'      |o + X =          |
'      | O * O.+         |
'      |+ @ +.=oS        |
'      | A o =+.         |
'      |o + =oo          |
'      | o +E+ o         |
'      |  .  .+          |
'      +----[SHA256]-----+

'  

'  The public key (generated to the file stg.chilkat.id.pub) contains this:
'  ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABA.. FDt+dKJEkhw8I7LpEi17diB9 me@example02240

'  First let's load the public key:
Dim pubkey As ChilkatSshKey
pubkey.Initialize

success = pubkey.FromOpenSshPublicKey(pubkey.LoadText("qa_data/sshKeys/ssh-keygen/stg.chilkat.id.pub"))
If success = False Then
    Log(pubkey.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log(pubkey.LastErrorText)
Log("Successfully loaded the public key.")

'  Now try the private key, which contains this:

'  -----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
'  b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAABG5vbmUAAAAEbm9uZQAAAAAAAAABAAABFwAAAAdzc2gtcn
'  NhAAAAAwEAAQAAAQEArNH9CpKhVgpGbOEDaFH4CaL9iQE6IwVYqKFkcF9qdHc6XA+J9PeR
'  9CMvTtVWm/uCYsoYzRkitNIEokjxFwyQwJeng+qWh5t538Ji3v64ls0mgsdvecyYDYjU8T
'  mqhivXk/DzNBUOuyN5ksP0ZmRJLuZ4J6MKCrPugvKsE4zDQkg7/lKUL40ugjpoYJnhRjHv
'  uogSkcecq6Kdw20WdRWTFvXiRH8mdh9cVWi3fvj0sly0CDghmuWyjvcrIOuixvy8kfADva
'  tDAyF1se0r8WW9xZzUYHjuCzxbI+yfU3xS9/vX9T9IG10ocSbqrBgd/xQ7fnSiRJIcPCOy
'  6RIte3YgfQAAA9BXf/XaV3/12gAAAAdzc2gtcnNhAAABAQCs0f0KkqFWCkZs4QNoUfgJov
'  2JATojBViooWRwX2p0dzpcD4n095H0Iy9O1Vab+4JiyhjNGSK00gSiSPEXDJDAl6eD6paH
'  m3nfwmLe/riWzSaCx295zJgNiNTxOaqGK9eT8PM0FQ67I3mSw/RmZEku5ngnowoKs+6C8q
'  wTjMNCSDv+UpQvjS6COmhgmeFGMe+6iBKRx5yrop3DbRZ1FZMW9eJEfyZ2H1xVaLd++PSy
'  XLQIOCGa5bKO9ysg66LG/LyR8AO9q0MDIXWx7SvxZb3FnNRgeO4LPFsj7J9TfFL3+9f1P0
'  gbXShxJuqsGB3/FDt+dKJEkhw8I7LpEi17diB9AAAAAwEAAQAAAQAPUtNAA75gdarG7rCx
'  qEr498XJRx2Ti17QHPdd62fyCbxX+1y9JtJ/Njt0nv/99rAZ+Fd4oBjutYyJozQVWhzfpt
'  LIpJ1SStvklkTUBvvxCyG2CN7+isCUuqQ++2D+YpbL3FqELLXQrBWUiOF7zrqaeP8AbLlw
'  N4IXhFLzrNCHaODsbYAh8U1nOj1PvUO24quCzPRPH/LcERvgXeGEJSYoB0nwwKGppIpBnv
'  jV5wvuhPdQVvN14e8SOodK76InfaGUsCUwr2ksaGhsTCGk7yCsyQUyzzV8InQ3CTPkLf9J
'  BnBpymoyB/r3LnefX4AgKA7nplCRUANLbvTACTazHtcBAAAAgQCihdCPzywEkrn0VhYIOV
'  sK7oIUD/EBEzb7yL+7naZqACStbhKiLKGgSJj2+3hgmQk2tZ94zN5lkCcLLFy9Ai47HkN+
'  dSmZqac5pQeVyWrJ/67OSqWxMFfjkbF/0IxXJM2y+i//vGWBDo3NJmkYGwY+XnFP81qqh9
'  boeQA0K6wn0wAAAIEA2tX2lZrwAyhl/L5XY1xsQ3uuoaIUeZD0vUs+mAv1pz8fbTAD2n37
'  Rh57mxDNQIwiD8lV5wZ20NP03nAr8gUQaijsBRy3gDXHX7Qa/BaJ2bY0492HXwVYi9bsng
'  GJQinYjmJQQeR/w4u5rNzuD8y1ysMwh/sE8IGu6LLG1IBDYr0AAACBAMord/G9vderFO+1
'  tNZHl09m9mFLJTHRVH41Da2uCl2KJnYir511M9GSG9Un6L+UGu4F9CrypehgJHZ6QbwpgS
'  JrwlCfE09jPkuH0aktg9fnrrEJYS30wWNNSj1v/91v1F3fdrZePd+UnKcP6zZB3jICzPhW
'  elU1OYdWf+qFrnDBAAAAGWRqYWNrc29uMDIyQGRqYWNrc29uMDIyNDAB
'  -----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

Dim privkey As ChilkatSshKey
privkey.Initialize

success = privkey.FromOpenSshPrivateKey(pubkey.LoadText("qa_data/sshKeys/ssh-keygen/stg.chilkat.id"))
If success = False Then
    Log(privkey.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log(privkey.LastErrorText)
Log("Successfully loaded the private key.")