1dropbearconvert(1) General Commands Manual dropbearconvert(1)
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6 dropbearconvert - convert between Dropbear and OpenSSH private key for‐
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10 dropbearconvert input_type output_type input_file output_file
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13 Dropbear and OpenSSH SSH implementations have different private key
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16 Dropbear uses the same SSH public key format as OpenSSH, it can be
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19 Encrypted private keys are not supported, use ssh-keygen(1) to decrypt
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30 An existing Dropbear or OpenSSH private key file
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40 Matt Johnston (matt@ucc.asn.au).
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43 dropbearkey(1), ssh-keygen(1)
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45 https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
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