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

Coy Hile coy.hile at coyhile.com
Mon Nov 7 08:24:36 AEDT 2022


Not proper open source how?

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> On Nov 6, 2022, at 16:14, Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser at tarent.de> wrote:
> 
> 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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