I don’t know how long it’s been around, but I just noticed
<strong>joar@jupiter:~$ ssh vir04</strong> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY! Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)! It is also possible that a host key has just been changed. The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is 55:[...]:e2:ac:b0. Please contact your system administrator. Add correct host key in /home/joar/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message. Offending RSA key in /home/joar/.ssh/known_hosts:306 remove with: ssh-keygen -f "/home/joar/.ssh/known_hosts" -R vir04 RSA host key for vir04 has changed and you have requested strict checking. Host key verification failed. <strong>joar@jupiter:~$ ssh-keygen -f "/home/joar/.ssh/known_hosts" -R vir04</strong> /home/joar/.ssh/known_hosts updated. Original contents retained as /home/joar/.ssh/known_hosts.old <strong>joar@jupiter:~$ ssh vir04</strong> The authenticity of host 'vir04 (91.207.158.93)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is 55[...]ac:b0. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added 'vir04' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
NICE feature
The line..
“remove with: ssh-keygen -f “/home/joar/.ssh/known_hosts” -R vir04″
..seems new.
Useful =)