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Re:Generating 16384 Bit SSH Keys by ComputerGuru on Thursday September 27, 2012 @07:36PM (#4583498)
Small ECDSA key by default, 16kbit RSA fallback?

Both are very secure, but ECDSA will not have the long negotation times. Problem solved?

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Re:Generating 16384 Bit SSH Keys by tptacek on Thursday September 27, 2012 @11:13PM (#4584129)
You do not need a 16k RSA key.
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Re:Generating 16384 Bit SSH Keys by ComputerGuru on Thursday September 27, 2012 @11:39PM (#4584197)
Or whatever. Just giving an example.
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Re:Generating 16384 Bit SSH Keys by newman314 on Friday September 28, 2012 @01:01AM (#4584376)
I have the following in my ssh config file.

  Host *
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  HashKnownHosts yes
  VisualHostKey yes
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