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Re: RSA or DSA ssh keypairs preferred?

From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
To: <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:32:22 -0000
Subject: Re: RSA or DSA ssh keypairs preferred?
References: <033201c288a3$c5154ef0$78d96f83@pomello><1038174029.23865.107.camel@lifelesswks><02c501c29413$47d8b870$78d96f83@pomello><1038178426.23988.117.camel@lifelesswks> <030301c29416$3e970070$78d96f83@pomello><1038181968.23865.134.camel@lifelesswks> <037c01c2941d$e440a740$78d96f83@pomello> <1038182740.23476.145.camel@lifelesswks> <03e501c2941f$5ae354a0$78d96f83@pomello> <20021125092835.A27250@cygbert.vinschen.de>

Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 01:09:50AM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
>> Robert Collins <rbcollins@cygwin.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You will need a ssh keypair though, so if you don't have one, you
>>> may as well prepare it now.
>>
>> Any preference RSA or DSA? I've never managed to find anything saying
>> whether one is better than the other or not.
>
> ssh-keygen -t rsa
>
> creates an RSA key for SSH2.  This is preferable over RSA1 and DSA
> keys due to security flaws in both.

Aha. That's what I wanted to know. Are there any links you know of for
further info on this?
(Feel free to delete this message without reply if you don't want to take
the time to reply to an off-topic post)

Thanks,

Max.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: RSA or DSA ssh keypairs preferred?
  - From: Corinna Vinschen

References:
- Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.
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- Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.
  - From: Robert Collins
- Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.
  - From: Max Bowsher
- Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.
  - From: Robert Collins
- Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.
  - From: Max Bowsher
- Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.
  - From: Robert Collins
- Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.
  - From: Max Bowsher
- Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.
  - From: Robert Collins
- RSA or DSA ssh keypairs preferred?
  - From: Max Bowsher
- Re: RSA or DSA ssh keypairs preferred?
  - From: Corinna Vinschen

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