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OpenSSH default/preferred ciphers, hash, etc for SSH2
When using OpenSSH server (sshd) and client (ssh), what are all of the default / program preferred ciphers, hash, etc. (security related) and their default options (such as key length)?
So, what are ...
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Replacing weak SSH fingerprint algorithms
Even though MD5 has been broken for years and its vulnerabilities have been used to create real-world rogue X.509 CAs and other horrible things, OpenSSH and PuTTY still use MD5 as the default public ...
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Is it okay to widely share the RSA key fingerprint for a host?
When you ssh into a remote box for the first time or if the remote host's key fingerprint has changed (from what's stored in your known_hosts file) you get a warning and you are shown the fingerprint ...
