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Are there any tricks to get the public key (the line that goes into the known_hosts file after I answered yes after connecting with ssh) of a server?

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I just want to check that behind a domain is the IP that is really behind the domain. (I can check this by comparing the public ssh key of the domain+IP - so I need to connect twice with ssh client: once using the domain as destination, and once using the IP as destination that I got from the dig command) – LanceBaynes May 7 '12 at 1:16

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Try ssh-keyscan domain-name and it'll output the public key for you.

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