On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 08:21:48 +0800 begin "M.W.Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth:
> identity is for version 1, right? did I mis-interpret the doc? > Or that the key generation has nothing to do with protocol version? > when I used identity, I also set my putty to use version 1 protocol. > > "David A. Bandel" wrote: > > > > OK, time to understand what you're doing. -t rsa creates an ssh2 rsa > > key. This is not standard. Try this: ssh-keygen > > putty said the dsa key was not secure. So I thought I should use rsa. > that's why I used ssh-keygen -t rsa I don't think many folks could crack either one. But I have an aversion to RSA. > (putty also claimed that newer version of openssh used authorized_keys > only. I don't want to bet on that) Hmm. The latest version I have (3.0.2) uses authorized_keys2. I have no clue what putty uses. > > > For ssh2, try: > > ssh-keygen -t dsa > > let it save that to id_dsa and id_dsa.pub. then id_dsa.pub is copied > > to the other system to authorized_keys2 (not authorized_keys). You > > can > > should I tick "version 2" in putty? > actually, I tried using id_dsa, but failed. It's possible DSA is not supported on Windoze. > > > substitute id_rsa.pub into authorized_keys2 if you want, but not all > > systems will recognize this (and it's not as good as dsa). > Ciao, David A. Bandel -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. -- Nemesis Racing Team motto _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.