RFC 4716: The Secure Shell (SSH) Public Key File Format

This document formally documents an existing public key file format in use for exchanging public keys between different Secure Shell (SSH) implementations. In…

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Outgoing relationships (8 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 3629: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
Normative reference — RFC 2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies
Normative reference — RFC 1321: The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
Normative reference — RFC 2434: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Normative reference — RFC 4253: The Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2440: OpenPGP Message Format
Informative reference — RFC 1421: Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part I: Message Encryption and Authentication Procedures

Incoming relationships (3 related RFCs)

Updated by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 9519: Update to the IANA SSH Protocol Parameters Registry Requirements
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7468: Textual Encodings of PKIX, PKCS, and CMS Structures
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6594: Use of the SHA-256 Algorithm with RSA, Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA), and Elliptic Curve DSA (ECDSA) in SSHFP Resource Records