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[c64whiz@oldbytes.space]

@simontatham

Oh how true. I wanted to very the key for my uni. Had to call IT, get transferred to "2nd level support", told they don't give out that kind of info (WTF??), ended up just calling a former classmate who works for them who finally verified with me.

Why is this so difficult for orgs to understand???

[simontatham@hachyderm.io]

@c64whiz "don't give out that kind of info" – my first guess would be that the person in question had no idea what "host key" even meant and was erring on the side of caution in case it was social engineering aimed at getting them to give away the _other_ kind of key?

For me the really annoying thing is when an IT department reinstalls a machine from scratch, keeping it at the same hostname so it takes over the old one's duties, and doesn't consider it remotely important to preserve the host key from the old install. Gah.