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Old 11-10-2011, 11:01 PM   #1
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ECC wtih SSH, where's the directive?


I want to use ECC to encrypt my SSH key. But in the client side ssh_config I only see directives for DSA and RSA. I know SSH supports it. How do I go about this?
 
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I want to use ECC to encrypt my SSH key. But in the client side ssh_config I only see directives for DSA and RSA. I know SSH supports it. How do I go about this?
From what I remember, it's specified as ECDSA:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SSH_Keys
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ration-859007/
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Secure_Shell
 
  


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