Re: SSHD Keys

2013-08-05 Thread Bob Proulx
Jerry Stuckle wrote: > I was just renewing my SSHD keys (dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server) > and noticed it is generating 512 bit RSA keys. Normally dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server won't regenerate keys. Say again how you were observing 512 bit keys? I think it must be something els

Re: SSHD Keys

2013-08-04 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 8/4/2013 4:19 AM, Sean Alexandre wrote: On Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 10:16:08PM -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: I was just renewing my SSHD keys (dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server) and noticed it is generating 512 bit RSA keys. This isn't all that secure. How can I get it to generate better

Re: SSHD Keys

2013-08-04 Thread Sean Alexandre
On Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 10:16:08PM -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > I was just renewing my SSHD keys (dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server) > and noticed it is generating 512 bit RSA keys. This isn't all that > secure. > > How can I get it to generate better keys? As root: rm /e

SSHD Keys

2013-08-03 Thread Jerry Stuckle
Hi, all, A rather newbie question (which describes me perfectly!) I was just renewing my SSHD keys (dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server) and noticed it is generating 512 bit RSA keys. This isn't all that secure. How can I get it to generate better keys? TIA Jerry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema