Re: SSH start up, rc.local vs. inetd.conf

[Markus Friedl]

On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 03:51:48PM -0700, Gregor Mosheh wrote:
> The reasoning is the same for SSH2 as for SSH1. Generating keys is slow,
> and you have to decrease your key size to compensate. And that makes it
> potentially faster for someone to crack the key.
> 
> To paraphrase the man page about the -i flag: "Don't Do That"

this is poinless for the SSH2 protocol, since there is no 'server key'
(as opposed to 'host key') generated during startup.