From 62bcdb4352fb4a5ca21eee79edacc2d60cb93fdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: timball Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 15:49:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] use ed25519 keys instead of rsa keys RSA keys are outdated. Even by using larger 4096 keys maybe it's best to move away from rsa keys altogether. This PR updates the document to suggest using ed25519 keys which, at this time, defaults to a 16 round key deviation function. It may be useful to suggest more rounds for the KDF but that's for a different PR. --timball --- .../generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/github/authenticating-to-github/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent.md b/content/github/authenticating-to-github/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent.md index 5997d0816d0a..4e11a249b934 100644 --- a/content/github/authenticating-to-github/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent.md +++ b/content/github/authenticating-to-github/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ If you don't want to reenter your passphrase every time you use your SSH key, yo {% data reusables.command_line.open_the_multi_os_terminal %} 2. Paste the text below, substituting in your {% data variables.product.product_name %} email address. ```shell - $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com" + $ ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com" ``` This creates a new ssh key, using the provided email as a label. ```shell