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Is it possible to add an ssh key to a system and make hidden (at least at first glance) from the user?

UPD: Recently I was participating in a CTF and had access to another team's machine. I wanted to persist my access in a way that they won't notice. This is why I am looking for such stuff.

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  • Make all the keys the same size and remove the comments and they're all pretty much indistinguishable at first glance.
    – muru
    Dec 10, 2019 at 3:00

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No,

Why would you want to do that?

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  • Recently I was participating at a CTF and had access to another team's machine. I wanted to persist my access in a way that they won't notice.
    – Bat
    Dec 10, 2019 at 2:38
  • @Bat Look up ControlPersist in man ssh_config.
    – muru
    Dec 10, 2019 at 3:01
  • @muru AFAIK that's still going to show up in netstat which is the first thing anyone would check.
    – user1133275
    Dec 10, 2019 at 3:27
  • @user11 if they're relying on the team not noticing new keys in their authorized_keys, they might as well rely on them not using netstat to check current connections.
    – muru
    Dec 10, 2019 at 4:03

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