[Info-vax] OpenVMS SSH to freeSSHd on Windows

[Sum1]

Hi All

Having fun - not - trying to get this going.  And yes, it is a 
requirement that the server-end is freeSSHd.

I believe that freeSSHd used OpenSSH as a protpcol base and uses RSA 
keys for authentication.  I have configured the server end and can 
access it using passwords from Windows, OSX and VMS.  I have generated 
1024-bit RSA key pairs on Windows and OSX and can use them to 
authenticate to the server without a password.  I cannot get VMS to 
authenticate with public keys.  OVMS 8.3, TCP/IP 5.6 with all the SSH 
compenentry sitting at 5.6-9

I have tried generating keys using:
- ssh-keygen -t dsa fred
- ssh-keygen -t dsa -b 1024 fred
- ssh-keygen -t rsa fred
- ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 1024 fred

One by one, I have copied them to the server and tried to use them - 
nothing!  Extensive Googling suggests that it is an inconsistency 
between SSH/SSH2/OpenSSH - but I don't know where….and the suggestions 
to vonvert the keys on the server-side won't work, as freeSSHd doesn't 
provide anything other than a server - no ssh commands.

Connecting to the freeSSHd server using certificates generated by 
True64 works fine.  I wonder if I could just copy them onto the VMS 
machine and use them?