[KARAF-5072] Add setting to ssh server for forcing a provided key

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 4.1.1
• Fix Version/s: 4.2.0.M1
• Component/s: karaf
• Assignee: Christian Schneider
• Reporter: Christian Schneider
• Created: 30/Mar/17 07:10
• Updated: 15/Sep/18 16:34
• Resolved: 03/Aug/17 08:49

Description

If karaf does not find a server key in etc/hosts.key it will create one and save it.
If the key is present but invalid it will be overwritten by default.
If overwrite=false in the settings and the provided key is invalid then karaf will create a key on every first ssh connect after a restart.

I think it would be better to have a setting to force the provided key to be used and throw an exception if it is invalid.

Issue Links

• Is contained by: KARAF-5286 Separate server key generation from key reading