Looking for a working example of sshd_config setup fille

[Peter Flynn]

On 18/08/2025 14:39, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
[...]
 > If you have to access via an old system that MUST use RSA, then,
 > yes this is what you do  Or access an old system.

I don't know if I must use RSA or not. I just type ssh or scp.

 > Otherwise, use either ECDSA or EdDSA.  Your ssh client can gen up a
 > key for either.

Quite possibly, but I will have to go and find out what do to to make 
them work. Last time I went generating keys the documentation was very 
not understandable and it all broke and I gave up and reinstalled the OS 
and just used ssh and scp as-is.



On 18/08/2025 14:41, bruce wrote:
> hi Peter.
> 
> rsa is not as secure for earlier implentation.  for later ones, it 
> should be ok, or u could use another encryption key  system.  ed_xxx i 
> forget the actual encryption name.
> 
> but regardless, whatever u select, ull have to regenerate the pub/ 
> private keys to be applied to your boxes.

No, if I add those two lines, then ssh/scp "just works" with no further 
configuration either of the ssh/scp commands or of the server. I do not 
at any stage have to generate any keys.

This may be "wrong" but it works in the limited case I described.


Peter