[patch] ssh-keygen(1): by default generate ed25519 key (instead of rsa)

Thorsten Glaser t.glaser at tarent.de
Mon Nov 7 08:11:00 AEDT 2022


On Sun, 6 Nov 2022, Job Snijders wrote:

> Perhaps now is a good time to make Ed25519 the default when invoking
> ssh-keygen(1) without arguments?

No.

(Also, the 25519 stuff from DJB is not proper Open Source, and often
not welcome, e.g. in the Azure cloud, SSH keys must be RSA.)

bye,
//mirabilos
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