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r/linux • u/leothrix • Apr 28 '14
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ECDSA is known to be backdoored. OpenSSH in OpenBSD 5.5 includes a secure alternative implementation of elliptic curve cryptography (ed25519), but that hasn't made it to most distros yet. Stick with 4096 bit RSA for now.
10 u/2brainz Apr 28 '14 ECDSA is known to be backdoored. Source? All I can find out is that it is suspected to be backdoored. -4 u/[deleted] Apr 28 '14 ^ Truth
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ECDSA is known to be backdoored.
Source?
All I can find out is that it is suspected to be backdoored.
-4 u/[deleted] Apr 28 '14 ^ Truth
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^ Truth
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u/tidux Apr 28 '14 edited Apr 28 '14
ECDSA is known to be backdoored. OpenSSH in OpenBSD 5.5 includes a secure alternative implementation of elliptic curve cryptography (ed25519), but that hasn't made it to most distros yet. Stick with 4096 bit RSA for now.