HostKeyAlias (cont) Solution: add a HostKeyAlias to ~/.ssh/config xahria$ cat ~/.ssh/config Host firewall Hostname firewall.my_daycare.com Host lab9 Hostname firewall.my_daycare.com Port 9999 HostKeyAlias lab9 xahria$ ssh firewall "hostname" daycare-firewall xahria$ ssh lab9 "hostname" lab9