Complete Guide: Installing sshfp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "sshfp" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install sshfp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sshfp
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sshfp" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall sshfp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                sshfp
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sshfp package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: sshfp
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 105
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Julien Valroff
Architecture: all
Version: 1.2.2-4
Depends: python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2), python-dnspython, openssh-client, python-ldns, python-ipcalc
Filename: pool/universe/s/sshfp/sshfp_1.2.2-4_all.deb
Size: 25050
MD5sum: 454d0c66067e05c581be4da2d971fa51
SHA1: d8e28cc4b15f38886a6e7b46f832c85de17dc54c
SHA256: 0c4e56732986f020643add8041565bfe8d4773acb5a259e640bcfd40d96b0785
Description-en: DNS SSHFP records generator
sshfp generates RFC4255 SSHFP DNS records based on the public keys stored in
a known_hosts file, or public keys can be obtained by using ssh-keyscan.
Serve these entries from the DNS server for your domain to provide
authentication via the ssh VerifyHostKeyDNS option.
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This package also includes the dane command to generate IETF DANE WG
DNS records.
Description-md5: b7de9a8d44660607e5a006a9c1c1df79
Homepage: http://www.xelerance.com/software/sshfp/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu