1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/key.c b/key.c
index 5cc4132c0..3a652b9af 100644
--- a/key.c
+++ b/key.c
@@ -971,6 +971,8 @@ key_ssh_name_from_type_nid(int type, int nid)
                 }
                 break;
 #endif /* OPENSSL_HAS_ECC */
+        case KEY_NULL:
+                return "null";
         }
         return "ssh-unknown";
 }
@@ -1276,6 +1278,8 @@ key_type_from_name(char *name)
             strcmp(name, "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com") == 0) {
                 return KEY_ECDSA_CERT;
 #endif
+        } else if (strcmp(name, "null") == 0) {
+                return KEY_NULL;
         }
 
         debug2("key_type_from_name: unknown key type '%s'", name);