Walt Mankowski on 27 May 2004 18:57:01 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] ssh keys: rsa vs dsa


On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 02:40:22PM -0400, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> Is there a reason to generate both rsa and dsa keys for ssh?  I seem
> to generate them in pairs.  I wonder if I really need one of each for
> each.

As far as I can tell, they both provide roughly similar security, and
either type works fine with modern sshd's.  Why do you think you need
both?  Do you need to access boxes that are still running ssh 1?

Walt

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