Hi, Considering recent issues, http://db.debian.org/password.html requires updated as "s/id_dsa.pub/id_rsa.pub/".
Discussion as below. Do I need to make rt thingy? I am not yet familiar with it. On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 07:50:29PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > Osamu Aoki wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Recent openssl issue lead me to http://db.debian.org/password.html and > > made me wonder why script example uses DSA key while main text only > > talks about RSA key. > > The text talks about RSA keys as they are preferred over DSA keys. > > > | Alternatively, you can do without a password and use PGP to manipulate > > your > > | LDAP information through the mail gateway and use SSH RSA Authentication > > to > > | access the servers. To setup OpenSSH for RSA you need to first generate a > > | private RSA key using ssh-keygen and select a good passphrase for it. > > Then send > > | the public portion of the key to the LDAP directory: > > | > > | gpg --clearsign < ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > | > > | NB: Only version 2 RSA keys are accepted. Version 1 RSA keys (i.e. > > identity.pub > > | files) will not work. > > > > > > If main text is s/RSA/RSA\/DSA/g , I understand script example but ... > > > > Is there any reason to use DSA key insted of RSA key(~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub) ? > > On the contrary, it's better to use RSA keys as they can be bigger and > are faster. Ok, .... With today's announcement on Alioth and SSH by Roland Mas made me to use RSA anyway. FYI: | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: Mail Gateway failed: Message is not PGP signed: | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 12:29:33 +0000 | | Hello! | | Your request to the mail gateway is malformed, or an internal processing | error occured. The information below may help you, or the gateway | administrator to identify the problem. | | Error: Message is not PGP signed: | ==> Message Error: No PGP signature | | | Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any questions. This is what I got for me sending DSA key. After sending RSA key, I got: | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: DB Change Request | To: Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 12:29:49 +0000 | | Hello Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>! | | Your request to change your directory information has been processed. | Note that there is a propagation time for many of the entries so please | be patient. Here are the results: | | > ssh-rsa | ... So this page needs to be updated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
