Houston, I have a problem.
Today, I cannot connect to anywhere with my desktop machine. #ssh fails with:
Load key "/home/simon/.ssh/id_rsa.pub": error in libcrypto
simon@notary.journeyman.cc: Permission denied (publickey).
It worked fine last night. Nothing has changed in my ~/.ssh directory. `apt update` was run yesterday, but the log does not show any update to ssh or to libcrypto.
Everything still working fine on my laptop. Both #Debian Trixie.
Simon Brooke
npub15g…40scz
2026-05-05 11:56:46 UTC
Author Public Key
npub15gce8rm6vfqmjj5438c3r0tahv9hemsvdzppc0mwvddk3r7stt4qg40sczSeen on
wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-05-05 11:56:46 UTCEvent JSON
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