On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 04:15:48AM -0500, gabriel wrote:
> On November 7, 2003 07:37 pm, Octavio Ruiz (Ta^3) wrote:
> > IMHO, dont use RSA. Use DSA, if you still want to use RSA do a
> >
> > ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096.
> 
> why?  what's the difference?

The number of bits in the key. Look in Slashdot, it is possible to break RSA.

I can remember if its only about RSA1 but I do not want to investigate it,
better use DSA.

Maybe it is too paranoid, but we are speaking of a theoretical frame that can 
be applied in an practical way.

Maybe you found interesing this article: PGP DH vs. RSA FAQ [1]

[1] http://www.scramdisk.clara.net/pgpfaq.html

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