[openssh-commits] [openssh] 01/02: upstream: the default KDF rounds for keys generated by ssh-keygen

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commit 9713aaa65fc5d49d717e9819a82b5a6fd4b8f5cb
Author: djm at openbsd.org <djm at openbsd.org>
AuthorDate: Tue Sep 15 07:40:58 2026 +0000

    upstream: the default KDF rounds for keys generated by ssh-keygen
    
    is 24, not 16 bz3975; from lbrick
    
    OpenBSD-Commit-ID: 68030733eb680a817bcbd371793824f6aafc538a
---
 ssh-keygen.1 | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ssh-keygen.1 b/ssh-keygen.1
index eab40a55c..9a3fae2fc 100644
--- a/ssh-keygen.1
+++ b/ssh-keygen.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.240 2026/08/07 05:49:53 djm Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.241 2026/09/15 07:40:58 djm Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo at cs.hut.fi>
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo at cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 7 2026 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 15 2026 $
 .Dt SSH-KEYGEN 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ When saving a private key, this option specifies the number of KDF
 rounds used.
 Higher numbers result in slower passphrase verification and increased
 resistance to brute-force password cracking (should the keys be stolen).
-The default is 16 rounds.
+The default is 24 rounds.
 .It Fl B
 Show the bubblebabble digest of specified private or public key file.
 .It Fl b Ar bits

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