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Re: Problems with protocol 1 from OpenSSH
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:08:06 +0200
- Subject: Re: Problems with protocol 1 from OpenSSH
- References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020425123156.00bcb560@localhost>
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 01:11:59PM +0200, Leo Meerts wrote:
> Problems with protocol 1 from OpenSSH
>
> Hallo,
>
> I tried to get OpenSSH to run from a WindowsXP machine especially the
> protocol 1.
>
> - 1) First I generated the host and public key: (no errors)
>
> c:\ssh>ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ssh_host_key
1. Why didn't you use `ssh-host-install' as described in
/usr/doc/Cygwin/openssh-3.1p1-1.README?
2. Why didn't you read the man page of ssh-keygen? (Tip: Look for -t).
> Can anyone tell me what is wrong. If I chose Protocol 2 all is working well.
But only with DSA keys. Use RSA keys instead. They are more secure.
Corinna
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