On Monday 09 October 2006 22:48, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 09 October 2006 09:07, Mick wrote > > about '[gentoo-user] [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication': > > Some say that RSA is > > widely considered more secure than DSA. > > DSA is mathematically stronger than RSA. However, that doesn't mean much > since most attacks don't come from attacking the core of the algorithm > anyway. Do you mean that an RSA key with twice the number of bits (e.g. 2048 or even higher) is still weaker (i.e. easier to crack) than the DSA key? I know it's all psychological, but in my paranoid state it'll make me feel better . . . :)) -- Regards, Mick