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It will generate a 2048-bit RSA keypair by default. It will be "a secure key" as long as you protect it with an appropriate passphrase.
by jlgaddis 7y ago
It will generate a 2048-bit RSA keypair by default. It will be "a secure key" as long as you protect it with an appropriate passphrase.
- gnufx 7y agoYou need recent ssh-keygen's -o to make the passphprase effective (default for ed25519). That was covered here at some stage, but I don't have a reference.