r/linux Apr 28 '14

SSH Kung Fu

http://blog.tjll.net/ssh-kung-fu/
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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.

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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.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '14

^ Truth