Is it possible to detect just from the pub part of the ssh key if the key is password protected?
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Is it possible to detect just from the pub part of the ssh key if the key is password protected?
No, only the private key gets encrypted, the public part is not affected at all. Even if the public key contained information about the encryption status of the private key this would not be reliable – the private key can be decrypted and encrypted with a new password at any time.