Private key encryption by Passphrase

[Markus Friedl]

On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 09:00:17PM -0700, Amarpal Singh wrote:
> Does this encryption need a symmetric key.

yes.

> Who provides that?

the user.

> Can that be
> chosen by the user?

yes.

> On page 92 of Barrettt & Richards book "SSH, The Secure Shell, The
> Definitive Guide" I see that OpenSSH doesn't support all the Ciphers. Do you
> have a list of Ciphers supported by OpenSSH3.1 for encryption?

?