OpenSSH 5.1 Released with new asci art for host keys

Parent article: OpenSSH 5.1 released

Sure. Here are a couple of my hosts courtesy of ssh -o VisualHostKey=true:

+--[ RSA 1024]----+
|          E.     |
|            .    |
|           .     |
|        ...      |
|       +So.   . .|
|        =.. .oooo|
|         o.++oo= |
|          o=+o.  |
|           .+.   |
+-----------------+

+--[ RSA 1024]----+
|OO+              |
|Ooo.             |
|oo..             |
|.o.              |
| o.o    S        |
|. o .  .         |
| .   oo          |
|  .  Eo.         |
|   .. ..         |
+-----------------+

$wget ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-5.1p1.tar.gz
$tar -zxvf openssh-5.1p1.tar.gz
$cd openssh-5.1p1
$ ./configure --prefix=/opt/openssh
$ make ; sudo make install
$ /opt/openssh/bin/ssh -o VisualHostKey=true localhost
Host key fingerprint is 3e:34:fc:3e:af:ff:33:dd:65:73:fc:db:33:e3:4b:18

+--[ RSA 1024]----+
|                 |
|                 |
|                 |
|       .         |
|        S    E . |
|       o o    o.=|
|        o .  . +*|
|         o.   ++=|
|          o=o.o*B|
+-----------------+

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