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Please forgive my ignorance of these kinds of security issues....

I remember at one point, way back when, it was recommended to use RSA keys over DSA, when creating an SSH public key. Is this this the same algorithm, by the same company?

Does this mean that SSH can't be trusted if you're using an RSA key, versus some other type?




RSA the company has nothing to do with RSA the algorithm.

Well, "nothing" isn't strictly correct, but connecting them is more like the Kevin Bacon game. Rest assured that this story has nothing whatsoever to do with RSA keys.


No, it doesn't mean that at all. RSA is the same algorithm based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_%28cryptosystem%29 as it always was, and it and its use in openssh have received lots of scrutiny. That the company has the same name is immaterial.




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