Agreed, sshd is not any different from the key being loaded into RAM by your http server. But it's even easier and faster to grab a key from RAM. Could just us

Agreed, sshd is not any different from the key being loaded into RAM by your http server. But it's even easier and faster to grab a key from RAM. Could just use a debugger or a handy tool like aeskeyfinder or... https://github.com/mmozeiko/aes-finder https://github.com/mmozeiko/aes-finder (or another handy tool like heartbleed ;))