[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication

2006-10-09 Thread Remy Blank
Mick wrote: > I have looked around and have found confusing info regarding which is a > better > key cipher to use for ssh authentication. Some say that RSA is widely > considered more secure than DSA. Some say that it doesn't really matter, as > long as you use a large enough bits setting in

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication

2006-10-09 Thread Mick
On Monday 09 October 2006 16:59, Remy Blank wrote: > DSA keys are always 1024 bits, as this is mandated by the standard. RSA > keys can have variable length. From "man ssh-keygen": > > -b bits > Specifies the number of bits in the key to create. For RSA keys, > the minimum size is 768 b