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From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@volumehost.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 18:39:22 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200610091839.23333.bss03@volumehost.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c268e4660610091551r213075e4h90c7353ead1a2592@mail.gmail.com>

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On Monday 09 October 2006 17:51, Drew <drew.kay@gmail.com> wrote about 'Re: 
[gentoo-user] [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication':
> RSA has
> the advantage of allowing longer key lengths

From what I understand, the DSA algorithm has no particular ties to the 
1024-bit key length (implementations should be easy to modify for a 
different length) but there are no protocols that support using other key 
lengths with DSA as part of their standard.

-- 
"If there's one thing we've established over the years,
it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest
clue what's best for them in terms of package stability."
-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh

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      reply	other threads:[~2006-10-09 23:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-09 14:07 [gentoo-user] [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication Mick
2006-10-09 15:59 ` [gentoo-user] " Remy Blank
2006-10-09 18:46   ` Mick
2006-10-09 21:48 ` [gentoo-user] " Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-10-09 22:11   ` Mick
2006-10-09 22:51     ` Drew
2006-10-09 23:39       ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [this message]

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