>From: Alexander Lamaison <swish_at_lammy.co.uk<swish_at_lammy.co.uk?Subject=Re:%20SSH2%20host%20key%20length%20and%20hash%20compute>>
>Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 09:57:53 +0100
*>*On 2 July 2013 07:34, Kalpesh Parekh <kalpesh.ork2_at_gmail.com> *>*wrote:
*> Hi Alex *
*> *
*> The APIs I am using are libssh2_session_hostkey to retreive the host
>key and *
*> libssh2_hostkey_hash to compute the hash from the key. *
*> *
*> The first API returns the length of the host key in a variable passed to
>it *
*> as a function argument. The variable is of size_t type and indicates
>the *
*> size of host key. I need to convert this value to bits. Can you let me
>know *
*> how can I do this? *
*>*Why do you need to convert it to bits? What does that actually mean?
*>*The size_t length is just a number.
The requirement is to show the strength of the host key in bits. I assumed
the length of the host key should be indicating this value and tried to
convert it to bits from size_t. How does ssh-keygen -l calcuate the
strength in bits?
*> This variable is passed to the second api and the hash is returned. *
*>*Have you read the documentation?
*>*http://www.libssh2.org/libssh2_hostkey_hash.html
*>*http://www.libssh2.org/libssh2_session_hostkey.html
*>*The two functions are unrelated. You do not pass the output from one
*>*as the input to the other.
Thanks for the correction. I gave you incorrect information here. But my
code is implemented as per the API documentation.
*> Here *
*> based on the type of host key, if it is RSA I request for the md5 hash
and *
*> sha1 hash for DSS key. Let me know if my assumption is correct here *
*>*You can request MD5 or SHA1, as you wish, independent of the key *>*type.
Thanks. This information is helpful.
*>*Alex
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