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[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 275 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----  
WhattheAAAAdidyoujustAAAAAAAsayaboutmeyoulittlebitch+IllhaveyouknowIg  
raduatedtopofmyclassintheNavySealsandIvebeeninvolvedinnumeroussecretr  
aidsonAl+QuaedaandIhaveover300confirmedkillsIamtrainedingorillawarfar  
eandImthetopsniperintheentireUSarmedforcesYouarenothingtomebutjustano  
thertargetIwillwipeyoutheAAAAoutwithprecisionthelikesofwhichhasneverb  
eenseenbeforeonthisEarthmarkmyAAAAAAAwordsYouthinkyoucangetawaywithsa  
yingthatshittomeovertheInternet+ThinkagainAAAAAAAswespeakIamcontactin  
gmysecretnetworkofspiesacrosstheUSAandyourIPisbeingtracedrightnowsoyo  
ubetterprepareforthestormmaggotThestormthatwipesoutthepatheticlittlet  
hingyoucallyourlifeYoureAAAAAAAdeadkidIcanbeanywhereanytimeandIcankil  
lyouinoversevenhundredwaysandthatsjustwithmybarehandsNotonlyamIextens  
ivelytrainedinunarmedcombatbutIhaveaccesstotheentirearsenaloftheUnite  
dStatesAAAAAACorpsandIwilluseittoitsfullextenttowipeyourmiserableasso  
ffthefaceofthecontinentyoulittleshitIfonlyyoucouldhaveknownwhatunholy  
retributionyourlittle/clever/commentwasabouttobringdownuponyoumaybeyo  
uwouldhaveheldyourAAAAAAAtongueButyoucouldntyoudidntandnowyourepaying  
thepriceyougoddamnidiotIwillshitfuryalloveryouandyouwilldrowninitYour  
eAAAAAAAdeadkiddo==  
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----  

EDIT: almost forgot to sign it!

Love,
/u/queerlilhayseed

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 97 points 1 day ago (1 children)

hehe you have the word ass in your private key, what are the odds

[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 127 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I insert swears into all my ssh keys so they get censored out by profanity filters. Good luck hacking me now, squares 😎🏍️🛹

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 35 points 1 day ago

You should put in some Disney lyrics so they issue a takedown request if it leaks.

[–] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The == had me wondering for too long

[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 44 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Haha I started trying to format the text so that it was technically a valid ed25519 key, then it became too much work for a silly joke so I settled for filtering/replacing all the invalid chars and slapping the == padding at the end. Needs more AAAAAA strings to really sell it, I think, but I'm glad it turned out well enough to merit a second glance lol.

Edit: I swapped all instances of fuck|fucker|fucking with As, I think it's an improvement.

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It is very good - I will steal it.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Now reverse engineer a matching public key.

[–] TwilightKiddy@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What do you mean "reverse engineer"? From man ssh-keygen:

       -y      This option will read a private OpenSSH format file and print an OpenSSH public key to stdout.
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Post the output when you run that on the key that was posted.

[–] TwilightKiddy@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 47 minutes ago)

That's not a valid key. OpenSSH keys are not arbitrary bytes, they contain at least the type of the certificate used and a hostname.

The fact that this is not a valid key does not mean you need to reverse engineer public keys. By design you can just get a public key with a private one.

Someone help I'm being hacked!

NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW

[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

Shortest RSA key.