Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > Recent openssl issue lead me to http://db.debian.org/password.html and > made me wonder why script example uses DSA key while main text only > talks about RSA key.
The text talks about RSA keys as they are preferred over DSA keys. > | Alternatively, you can do without a password and use PGP to manipulate your > | LDAP information through the mail gateway and use SSH RSA Authentication to > | access the servers. To setup OpenSSH for RSA you need to first generate a > | private RSA key using ssh-keygen and select a good passphrase for it. Then > send > | the public portion of the key to the LDAP directory: > | > | gpg --clearsign < ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > | NB: Only version 2 RSA keys are accepted. Version 1 RSA keys (i.e. > identity.pub > | files) will not work. > > > If main text is s/RSA/RSA\/DSA/g , I understand script example but ... > > Is there any reason to use DSA key insted of RSA key(~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub) ? On the contrary, it's better to use RSA keys as they can be bigger and are faster. Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
