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+# Dangerzone VM key
+
+This is an insecure hard-coded SSH key that's built-in to allow ssh access to the VM's `user` account. It was generated like this:
+
+```sh
+ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C dangerzone-vm-key -N "" -f id_ed25519
+```
diff --git a/rip_docker/vm-image-builder/ssh-key/id_ed25519 b/rip_docker/vm-image-builder/ssh-key/id_ed25519
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+-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
+b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAABG5vbmUAAAAEbm9uZQAAAAAAAAABAAAAMwAAAAtzc2gtZW
+QyNTUxOQAAACC5sSMNnrYNiMWO+xjhXv+rbjB/yuXNYLM96j2P7O62RQAAAJhcTPZgXEz2
+YAAAAAtzc2gtZWQyNTUxOQAAACC5sSMNnrYNiMWO+xjhXv+rbjB/yuXNYLM96j2P7O62RQ
+AAAEBCvhorS+9SPDNqhyxAPvFMnzkbUoc6HcM6Ll2W8F5krrmxIw2etg2IxY77GOFe/6tu
+MH/K5c1gsz3qPY/s7rZFAAAAEWRhbmdlcnpvbmUtdm0ta2V5AQIDBA==
+-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/rip_docker/vm-image-builder/ssh-key/id_ed25519.pub b/rip_docker/vm-image-builder/ssh-key/id_ed25519.pub
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+ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILmxIw2etg2IxY77GOFe/6tuMH/K5c1gsz3qPY/s7rZF dangerzone-vm-key