When you generate a key, you get "randomart" from newer versions of OpenSSH. I am unable to find an explanation of why, and what I'm supposed to use it for. Generating public/private rsa key pair. The key fingerprint is: 05:1e:1e:c1:ac:b9:d1:1c:6a:60:ce:0f:77:6c:78:47 you@i The key's randomart image is: +--[ RSA 2048]----+ | o=. | | o o++E | | + . Ooo. | | + O B.. | | = *S. | | o | | | | | | | +--