Is it possible to generate ssh rsa type key with passphrase lenght less than 5 characters?

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Vadim2021-08-02 15:13:18

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Vadim, 2021-08-02 15:13:18

Hello everyone,

is it possible to generate a set of ssh keys where the passphrase length is less than 5?

all the best,
Vadim

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Vasily Bannikov, 2021-08-02
@vabka

The standard ssh-keygen allows you to generate keys with any password, including zero length

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Saboteur, 2021-08-02
@saboteur_kiev

Yes. There are no restrictions in the utility itself

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Alexander Karabanov, 2021-08-02
@karabanov

ssh-keygen -t rsa -P "pp" -f ./my_rsa
Where pp is the password
Read man ssh-keygen
PS
RSA - die off use -t ed2559 they are both shorter and more reliable.