Private key encryption by Passphrase

Markus Friedl markus at openbsd.org
Sat Jun 15 16:15:06 EST 2002


> What kind of encryption does ssh-keygen use for OpenSSH, SSH1 and SSH2?

different modes of 3des, depending on the protocol.

> Another question: OpenSSH doesn't support all the ciphers of either SSh-1 or
> SSH-2? So I assume it doesn't work exhaustively with the SSH1 or SSH2
> clients?

it supports all REQUIRED ciphers and many more



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